What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition

Anniversaries, incidents, and more... What happened in Tohoku in the past? We'll introduce it to you on a daily basis

What day is it today? Tohoku Edition [0227]

[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is February 27th?

The day the Hakkoda Tunnel, a railway tunnel exclusively for the Shinkansen, was completed (Aomori Prefecture)

Image of the Hakkoda Tunnel, exclusively for the Shinkansen
Image of the Hakkoda Tunnel, exclusively for the Shinkansen

a tunnel exclusively for Shinkansen trains located between Shichinohe-Towada Station and Shin-Aomori Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East)The Hakkoda Tunnel,February 27, 2005was completed on

With a total length of 26,455m, it is the longest land railway tunnel in Japan, surpassing the Iwate Ichinohe Tunnel (total length 25,808m)

The Oshima Tunnel (total length 32,675m) between Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station and Shin-Yakumo Station (provisional name), which is currently being excavated for the extension of the Hokkaido Shinkansen scheduled for 2031, is expected to break this record

reference


Other articles