Infrastructure

Hokkaido Shinkansen tracklaying completed

By 2014-11-07T10:30:00

JR Hokkaido held a ceremony at Kikonai station on November 1 to mark the completion of tracklaying for the Hokkaido Shinkansen (Photo: Kazumiki Miura).

JAPAN: JR Hokkaido held a ceremony at Kikonai station on November 1 to mark the completion of tracklaying for the Hokkaido Shinkansen, which will bring high speed train services onto the country’s northern island in 2016.

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