Bentenyama Tunnel
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Locationbetween Shin-yokohama Station and Odawara Station
Statusactive
| Bentenyama Railway Tunnel | |
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 Interactive map of Bentenyama Railway Tunnel | |
| Overview | |
| Line | Tokaido Shinkansen |
| Location | between Shin-yokohama Station and Odawara Station |
| Coordinates | 35°17′38″N 139°12′46″E / 35.29389°N 139.21278°E |
| Status | active |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1962 |
| Operator | Central Japan Railway Company |
| Traffic | Railway |
| Character | Passenger and Freight |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 1.316 km (0.818 mi) |
| No. of tracks | 2 |
Bentenyama Tunnel (弁天山トンネル, Bentenyama tonneru) is a tunnel on Tokaido Shinkansen operated by Central Japan Railway Company located between Shin-yokohama Station and Odawara Station with total length of 1.316 km. It was built and completed in 1962. [1] [2][3] The Benten-yama tunnel, spanning approximately 1.3 kilometers, sits close to Kozu area in the southwestern region of Oiso hill land (Kanagawa Prefecture), predominantly characterized by diluvium-tertiary formations of soil. Alongside the tunnel's path, the hill is primarily composed of alternating layers of sand gravel beds and tuffaceous mudstone beds.[4]
