Kyushu Railway Company Kanmon Railway Tunnel (Mame Tunnel) & First public release! About the “Mojiko Station Signal Handling Office” tour

[Kyushu Railway Company] Kanmon Railway Tunnel (Mame Tunnel) & First public release! About the “Mojiko Station Signal Handling Office” tour ​
Kyushu Railway Company Press release: March 6, 2025 Kanmon Railway Tunnel (Mame Tunnel) & First public release! About the “Mojiko Station Signal Handling Office” tour
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/37933/609/37933-609-6379496c516fd2a89ff364e13ea74c79-800×639.jpg Kanmon Tunnel (Mame Tunnel) Kyushu Railway Company is pleased to announce the JR Kyushu original tour “Kanmon Railway Tunnel (Mame Tunnel) & First public appearance! “Mojiko Station Signal Handling Office Tour” is on sale. On this tour, not only will you be able to walk through the miniature tunnel of the Kanmon Railway Tunnel, which is normally used for maintenance work, but we will also show you for the first time the control panel of the “Signal Handling Center”, the only manually operated station on the Kagoshima Main Line, at Mojiko Station. We look forward to your participation.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/37933/609/37933-609-10c046a2228a1a09bd266b4f105f7062-485×364.jpg First public release! Mojiko Station Signal Handling Office • Tour Overview Tour name: Kanmon Railway Tunnel (Mame Tunnel) & First public appearance! “Mojiko Station Signal Handling Office” tour Departure date: Sunday, March 23, 2025 Day trip Minimum number of participants: 20 people for each division Departure/arrival point: Mojiko Station
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/37933/609/37933-609-d016b0b0cc713c1d5cf90bb5670a0b0a-988×478.png Travel fee: Same amount for adults and children (elementary school students) 19,800 yen (per person) *For safety reasons, children under elementary school age are not allowed to participate. Tour highlights: 1. Under the guidance of a guide, take a guided tour of the “Mame Tunnel” that was penetrated in 1942 as part of the test tunnel of the Kanmon Railway Tunnel! 2. We will visit the Kanmon Tunnel Memorial Museum, which opened in November 2020 and is normally open to the public by reservation. 3. At Mojiko Station, the control panel of the “signal handling office”, the only one on the Kagoshima Main Line that handles signals manually, will be unveiled for the first time. • How to make a reservation Internet reservation (limited to credit card payments for STORES reservations) *For information on how to reserve STORES, please check the flyer. STORES Reservation Site
https://coubic.com/jrkyushu-travel/booking_pages#pageContent *”STORES” is an online reservation payment system provided by STORES Co., Ltd. • Contact information For inquiries regarding tours: JR Kyushu Travel Desk TEL: 092-482-1489 Business hours 9:30-16:00 *Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays Please check the recruitment advertisement posted on the JR Kyushu Travel Desk website before applying. https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/ryoko/jrkhojin_travel/ Flyer:
https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/ryoko/jrkhojin_travel/pdf02/20250323kannmonntonnnnerumojikouekikenngaku.pdf