Tappi-Kaitei Station

Tappi-Kaitei Station 竜飛海底駅
General information
Location	Sotogahama, Higashitsugaru District, Aomori Japan
Coordinates	41°15′26″N 140°20′52.1″E / 41.25722°N 140.347806°E / 41.25722; 140.347806
Operated by	JR Hokkaido
Line(s)	Kaikyo Line
Other information
Status	Closed
History
Opened	13 March 1988
Closed	2014
Former services
Preceding station JR Hokkaido Following station Yoshioka-Kaitei towards Hakodate Tsugaru-Kaikyo Line Tsugaru-Imabetsu towards Naka-Oguni Yoshioka-Kaitei towards Kikonai Kaikyo Line
Location Tappi-Kaitei Station Location within Japan

Tappi-Kaitei Station (竜飛海底駅, Tappi-Kaitei-eki) was a railway station on the Kaikyo Line in Sotogahama, Aomori, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The station is located within the Seikan Tunnel below the seabed of the Tsugaru Strait linking the main Japanese island of Honshu with the northern island of Hokkaido. It was closed to passengers from November 10, 2013, to make way for the construction of the Hokkaido Shinkansen high-speed train line.^[1] It is an emergency escape point.