T he government plans to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan's northernmost bullet train route, to Sapporo by eight years to March 2039, partly due to tunnel construction ...

The Japanese government announced that it needs to delay its plan to extend the northern Hokkaido Shinkansen Line.

The opening of the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Line on Sept ... arrived at Shin-Omura Station to complete the new route from Hokkaido that covered 10,700.7 kilometers over 24 days.

South Hokkaido Railway Co., a semi-public entity founded in Hakodate to operate a conventional line along a Shinkansen route, and Aomori Railway Co. in Aomori are also heavily dependent on track ...

SAPPORO, Japan -- With the extension of shinkansen bullet train service to Sapporo now delayed until the end of fiscal 2038, communities along the planned link in Hokkaido are fretting over the ...

Tokyo, March 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s transport ministry expects that the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line’s extension to Sapporo will open at the end of fiscal 2038, eight years later ...

The Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train ... was the hub for a vital trading route plied by sailing ships known as kitamaebune. Besides carrying cargo from Hokkaido all the way to Osaka, these vessels ...