Doai Station

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Welcome to "Japan's No. 1 Mole Station"
Sign at the bottom of the main staircase.

English translation: "Welcome to 'Japan's No. 1 Mole Station'"

The staircase is 338 meters long and has 462 steps. Climb the stairs and go through the connecting passageway 143 meters (24 steps) to reach the ticket gate. The elevation of the down platform is 583 meters above sea level, while the station building is 653.7 meters, meaning the difference in elevation between the station building and the down platform is 70.7 meters. It takes about 10 minutes to reach the ticket gate. Please be mindful of your step when entering.

Lines

Doai Station is served by the Joetsu Line, and lies Script error: No such module "convert". from the starting point of the line at Template:STN.

Services

since January 2024Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there are 8 services per day in each direction, with gaps of 1–3 hours between services.[4] Southbound services operate to Template:Stn while northbound services operate to Template:Stn. All services are Local trains, stopping at every station. Freight trains (hauled by electric locomotives) also use both platforms.

Station layout

Doai Station is unusual in that it has two single side platforms which are located approximately Script error: No such module "convert". from each other[5] – one of which is at ground level, and the other is located Script error: No such module "convert". underground within the Shin-Shimizu Tunnel.[2]

The underground platform (for northbound trains to Template:STN and Template:STN) is located Script error: No such module "convert". underground, in the middle of the Script error: No such module "convert". long Shin-Shimizu Tunnel. It is only reachable by descending 486 stairs, as there are no elevators or escalators.[5][6] Access from the ticket gate is through a Script error: No such module "convert". covered connecting passageway (with 2 small flights of stairs with 12 steps each) which crosses both National Route 291 and the Yuhiso River, then entering a tunnel and descending another 462 steps to the platform.

The underground platform, which takes 10 minutes to descend to from the ticket gate, has a small waiting room.[6] It used to have a toilet but it was closed around 2022.

The above-ground platform for southbound trains (to Template:STN) is at ground level.[6] It is accessible (i.e. no steps) from the ticket gate, although there are stairs at the entrance to the station building.

The station is unattended.[7] It was attended prior to 14 March 1985.[8] There are no ticket machines,[7] only a boarding certificate issuing machine.[2] Suica and other IC cards are not accepted at Doai Station.[2][7]

Platforms

1 (underground) ■ Joetsu Line Northbound for Template:STN, Template:STN and Template:STN
2 (aboveground) ■ Joetsu Line Southbound for Template:STN

History

  • The single track Joetsu Line between Template:Stn and Template:Station opened in 1931, using the Script error: No such module "convert". Shimizu tunnel which includes two spiral loops.
  • Doai station opened on 19 December 1936.[9]
  • The Joetsu Line was duplicated from single track to double track, opening in 1967, using the Script error: No such module "convert". Shin-Shimizu tunnel. Advancements in tunneling enabled construction of a more direct route yet deeper tunnel compared to the original Shimizu tunnel. As a result, passengers catching northbound trains at Template:Stn and Doai stations do so from platforms situated underground within the Shin-Shimizu tunnel. In conjunction, the current station building was opened in 1967.[6]
  • The Joetsu Shinkansen opened in 1982. Due to the shift of most passengers to the Shinkansen, most of the express trains on the Joetsu Line ceased operating, and the remaining ones were gradually removed as Joetsu Line passenger numbers decreased.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[9]

In popular media

The climb up the steps from the underground platform features at the start of the novel Seventeen (in Japanese, Climber's High) by Hideo Yokoyama, as well as in the NHK dramatization and the movie version Climber's High. It also makes an appearance in the manga and anime series Encouragement of Climb as a destination prior to climbing Mount Tanigawa, west of the site.

Online sources state it is haunted, and as such has become a local ghost hunting spot.[10]

Surrounding area

See also

References

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External links

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