Kanmon Tunnel - Shin-Kanmon Tunnel

Shin-Kanmon Tunnel
Overview
Line Sanyō Shinkansen
Location Honshu-Kyushu
Operation
Opened 1975
Operator JR West
Character Passenger
Technical
Line length 18,713 m
Gauge 1,435 mm

The more modern Shin-Kanmon Tunnel (新関門トンネル, shin-kanmon tonneru?) is 18,713 m long and carries the Sanyō Shinkansen under the Kanmon Straits.

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