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Table 6. Estimated exposure of rail lines and stations to tephra fall; see Fig. 2(c). Lines and stations digitised from Bing aerial imagery and Isomass contours from AIST (2011).

From: Observations of tephra fall impacts from the 2011 Shinmoedake eruption, Japan

 

Kitto line

Nichinan line

Nippo line

Tephra load (kg/m2)

Length (km)

Stations

Length (km)

Stations

Length (km)

Stations

0–0.5

6.32

2

41.80

17

48.63

9

0.5–1

0.63

0

20.14

5

6.83

2

1–2

0.42

0

26.37

5

2.66

0

2–3

3.07

0

  

5.15

1

3–5

4.36

2

  

5.83

1

5–10

3.69

1

  

6.22

2

10–30

3.93

1

    

Total

22.42

6

88.31

27

75.32

15