Tappi-Kaitei Station
Former railway station in Sotogahama, Aomori Prefecture, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tappi-Kaitei Station (竜飛海底駅, Tappi-Kaitei-eki) was a railway station on the Kaikyo Line in Sotogahama, Aomori, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is located within the Seikan Tunnel below the seabed of the Tsugaru Strait linking the main Japanese island of Honshu with the northern island of Hokkaido. It was closed to passengers from November 10, 2013, to make way for the construction of the Hokkaido Shinkansen high-speed train line.[1] It is an emergency escape point.
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Tappi-Kaitei Station 竜飛海底駅 | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Sotogahama, Higashitsugaru District, Aomori Japan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°15′26″N 140°20′52.1″E | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | JR Hokkaido | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Kaikyo Line | ||||||||||||||
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Status | Closed | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 13 March 1988 | ||||||||||||||
Closed | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
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