Shin-shimizu Tunnel



Shin-shimizu Tunnel (新清水トンネル) is one way tunnel towards Niigata on JR's Joetsu Line located between Yuzawa town in Niigata Prefecture and Minakami town in Gunma Prefecture in parallel to other one-way Shimizu Tunnel (towards Tokyo) with total length of 13.500 km. It was built and completed in 1967 under Mount Tanigawa that has 3 railway-tunnels: single-tract Shin-shimizu & Shimizu tunnels for Joetsu Line, and double-tracts Daishimizu Tunnel for Joetsu Shinkansen line. A distinctive station known as Doai Station features a platform situated within an underground tunnel, specifically positioned within the middle of the Shin-Shimizu Tunnel.