Kubiki Tunnel

Kubiki Tunnel

Kubiki Tunnel in 2019
Overview
Line	Hokuriku Main Line
Location	between Nō Station, Itoigawa and Nadachi Station, Niigata prefecture
Coordinates	37°7′2.154″N 138°3′2.9232″E
Status	active
Operation
Opened	1969
Operator	West Japan Railway Company
Traffic	Railway
Character	Passenger and Freight
Technical
Line length	11,353 m (37,247 ft)
No. of tracks	2
Route map
Kubiki Tunnel

Kubiki Tunnel (頚城トンネル) is a tunnel on JR-West Hokuriku Main Line in Japan that runs between Oazanou, Itoigawa city, Niigata prefecture and Tsuboyama, Nadachi ward, Joetsu city, Niigata prefecture with approximate length of 11.353 km. It was completed and opened in 1969, and officially inscribed by Reisuke Ishida, the president of the Japanese National Railways.^[1][2][3]

See also

• List of tunnels in Japan
• Seikan Tunnel Tappi Shakō Line
• Sakhalin–Hokkaido Tunnel
• Bohai Strait tunnel

References

1. “Hokuriku Main Line Kubiki Tunnel Section 3-4 Penetration", “Transport Technology” Vol. 22, No. 6 (223 pages), June 1967, Transportation Cooperation Association
2. "Kubiki tunnel". Retrieved 31 October 2023.
3. "Kubiki tunnel". Retrieved 31 October 2023.

External links

• Gov. maps.gsi.go.jp
• Kubiki Tunnel in Japanese