Kirigatake Railway Tunnel | |
Line: | Hokuhoku Line |
Location: | between Hokuhoku-Ōshima Station and Mushigawa-Ōsugi Station, Jōetsu, Niigata |
Opened: | 1997 |
Status: | active |
Traffic: | Railway |
Operator: | Hokuetsu Express |
Character: | Passenger and Freight |
Linelength: | 3727m (12,228feet) |
Notrack: | 2 |
Gauge: | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
is a tunnel on Hokuhoku Line that runs through Yakushi mountains from Hokuhoku-Ōshima Station, Joetsu city to Uragawaraku Mushigawa town, Joetsu city, Niigata prefecture with total length of 3.727 km. It was built and completed in 1997. [1] [2] [3] [4]