The {{nihongo, Aigi Tunnel, 愛岐トンネル, Aigi Tonneru is a 73.28 meters (240.42ft) long railway tunnel located between
Zenjino Station and
Nishi Kani Station on the
Meitetsu
, publicly trading as , is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan.
Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the '' Panorama Car'' and the '' Panorama Car Super'', both of w ...
Hiromi Line in Japan. The name "Aigi Tunnel" as a
portmanteau
In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together. of "Aichi" and "Gifu" because the tunnel is on the border between Aichi (Ai-) Prefecture and Gifu (-gi) Prefecture. The nearest stations are
Zenjino Station in
Aichi Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...
and Nishi Kani Station in
Gifu Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,910,511 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture ...
.
History
Construction was completed in January 1925. On April 24 of the same year, the former Nagoya Railroad company's Imawatari Line (renamed to Hiromi Line in 1929) from
Inuyama Station to
Imawatari Station (renamed to Nihon Rhine Imawatari Station in 1969) opened, together with the tunnel. When it was opened it could support two tracks, but at the time only had one. Another track was added in 1969.
Railway_tunnels_in_Japan
Tunnels completed in 1925
Kani, Gifu
Tunnels in Gifu Prefecture