Doai Station (土合駅, Doai Eki) (Minakami, Gunma) | tunnel, train station, underground facility

Japan / Gumma / Numata / Minakami, Gunma / 湯桧曽
 tunnel, train station, underground facility
The platform for the northbound trains (to Echigo-Yuzawa and Nagaoka) is located 70 meters under ground, in the middle of Shin-Shimizu Tunnel (13,490m). It takes 10 minutes to walk the 486 steps from the ticket gate to the platform. The other platform for the southbound trains (to Minakami) is at street level, above ground.

Station layout:
Underground level - a side platform in the tunnel serves the northbound trains (Joetsu Line for Echigo-Yuzawa, Urasa, Nagaoka, Niigata )

Ground level: an island platform with one active and one dismantled tracks serves the southbound trains (Joetsu Line for Minakami, Takasaki, Ueno)

Surroundings:
Mount Tanigawa (one of the "100 famous mountains in Japan")


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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doai_Station
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Coordinates:   36°49'50"N   138°57'58"E

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