Shin-shimizu Tunnel

Shin-shimizu Tunnel 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 with total length of. 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.