Hokuriku Tunnel | |
Line: | Hokuriku Main Line |
Location: | between Tsuruga, Fukui and Minami-Imajō Station, Minamiechizen, Fukui |
Opened: | 1962 |
Status: | active |
Traffic: | Railway |
Operator: | West Japan Railway Company |
Character: | Passenger and Freight |
Linelength: | 13.87km (08.62miles) |
Notrack: | 2 |
is a tunnel on JR-West Hokuriku Main Line in Japan that runs between Mizanji temple, Tsuruga city, Fukui prefecture and Shindo, Minamiechizen town, Nanjo district, Fukui prefecture with approximate length of 13.870 km. It was completed and opened in 1962, and directly below Konome pass, which was the most difficult section of the Hokuriku Main Line.[1] [2] [3] [4]