Tappi-Kaitei Station

Tappi-Kaitei Station 竜飛海底駅
Location
Prefecture	Aomori (See other stations in Aomori)
District	Higashitsugaru
Town	Sotogahama
Postal Code	030 - 1400
(in Japanese)	青森県 東津軽郡外ヶ浜町三厩宇鉄立浜
History
Year opened	1988
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	Kaikyo Line

Map showing the Seikan Tunnel and the two underground stations

Tappi-Kaitei Station (竜飛海底駅, Tappi-Kaitei-eki) is a railway station in the Seikan Tunnel on the JR Hokkaido’s Kaikyo Line, under the Tsugaru Strait. It is in the town of Sotogahama, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is 32.5 kilometers from the Naka-Oguni Signal.

History

Tappi-Kaitei Station was opened on March 13, 1988. The station is very infrequently serviced (usually only one or two trains per day stop there), but is connected by an underground cable car to the surface. The station houses a museum detailing the construction and operation of the tunnel. Yoshioka-Kaitei Station, Japan's deepest underground station, is located on the Hokkaidō side of the tunnel. With the completion of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, the station and its museum will be closed.

Lines

• Tsugaru Railway Company
  • Tsugaru Railway Line

Station layout

Tappi-Kaitei Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. However, only the northbound platform is currently in use.

Platforms

1	■Tsugaru-Kaikyo Line	For Hakodate
2	■Tsugaru-Kaikyo Line	For Aomori and Hachinohe

Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Tsugaru-Imabetsu		Kaikyo Line		Yoshioka-Kaitei

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• JR Hakodate home page (Japanese)
• Seikan Tunnel Museum home page (Japanese)