Seikan Ferry

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{{Infobox ferry route

|name = Seikan ferry

|nativename = {{Nihongo2|青函フェリー}}

|logo =

|logosize =

|image = Seikan Ferry 3gou-Hayabusa.JPG

|imagesize = 240px

|caption = Ferry Hayabusa 3 at the Port of Aomori.

|crosses = Tsugaru Strait

|route = AomoriHakodate

|line =

|carries =

|locale = Aomori Prefecture, Hokkaido

|quays =

|operator = Kyoei Transportation Co. , Ltd. and Northern Japan Shipping Corporation

|authority =

|ferries =

|transit_type = Passenger and automobile ferry

|traveltime = 3 - 4 hours (2018)

|headway =

|frequency =

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|vehicles =

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|opened = 1973

|closed =

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|successor =

|connection1 = Aomori

|bus1 = Aomori City Bus

|train1 = {{rint|rail|1}} Shin-Aomori Station

|road1 = Port Road Route 1 Aomori Bay Bridge

|connection2 = Hakodate

|bus2 = Hakodate Bus Corporation

|train2 = {{rint|rail|1}} Goryōkaku Station

|road2 = {{jct|country=JPN|Route|227}}

|website = http://www.seikan-ferry.co.jp/

}}

The {{nihongo|Seikan Ferry|青函フェリー|}} is a privately owned ferry service crossing the Tsugaru Strait, which separates the Japanese islands of Hokkaido and Honshu. The company, {{nihongo|Seikan Ferry Ltd.|有限会社青函フェリー}}, was founded in 1973 and runs between the cities of Aomori on the northern tip of Honshu and Hakodate in southern Hokkaido.

Route

This route links the Port of Hakodate in Hakodate with the Port of Aomori in Aomori. A trip takes three hours and twenty minutes one way, and is operated by four ships: the Hayabusa, Hayabusa 3, Asakaze 5, and Asakaze 21. Each ship makes two round trips a day, with a total of eight round trips per day between Aomori and Hakodate.{{cite web |title=航路・時刻表 函館〜青森航路 |url=https://www.tsugarukaikyo.co.jp/timetable/timetable_route1/ |website=Tsugaru Kaikyō Ferry |accessdate=October 24, 2019}} With the conversion of the Seikan Tunnel from conventional trains to the Hokkaido Shinkansen, this route has seen a resurgence in ridership as a budget alternative between Aomori and Hakodate.{{cite news |title=「新幹線は高い」青函間にフェリー復権の兆し |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/162036 |accessdate=20 November 2019 |agency=Toyo Keizai |date=12 March 2017 |language=ja}}

Fleet

class="wikitable"

!Ship

!Built

!Gross tonnage

!Length

!Width

!Passengers

!Trucks

!Speed

!Former Owner

Hayabusa 3

|2000

|2,107

|101.5 m

|15.9 m

|105

|25

|19

|Kyoei Unyu

Hayabusa (4th Genaration)

|2014

|2,949

|114.9 m

|19.0 m

|300

|44

|19

|Kyoei Unyu

Asakaze 5

|1998

|1,958

|144 m

|15.8 m

|103

|24

|19

|Kitanihon Kaiun

Asakaze 21

|2017

|2,048

|101.5 m

|15.8 m

|198

|26

|21

|Kitanihon Kaiun

See also

  • {{portal-inline|Japan}}
  • {{portal-inline|Transport}}

References

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