[JP] Opening Date of Japan's Maglev Shinkansen Line Changed to 2028 or later
Posted: 14. Dec 2023, 17:25
Opening Date of Japan's Maglev Shinkansen Line Changed to 2028 or later
Source: Tokyo, Dec. 14 (Jiji Press)-https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj20231 ... anged.html Accesssed 2023-12-14Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai [...] changed the target as it is unclear when the company will be able to start a tunnel drilling in a section in Shizuoka Prefecture. [...] The company included the new target in a filing with the transport ministry about construction work between Shinagawa Station in Tokyo and Nagoya Station in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.
JR Tokai President Shunsuke Niwa has previously said it is difficult to open the maglev line in 2027. [...]