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Country profileJapan: Hokkaido shinkansen - project map
Japan: Hokkaido shinkansen – project map of new line construction
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Country profileJapan: Kyushu shinkansen - project map
Japan: Kyushu shinkansen – project map of new line construction
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Country profileJapan: Sotetsu-Tokyu Link - project map
Japan: Sotetsu-Tokyu Link – project map of new line construction
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NewsIsolated Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen extends Japan’s high speed network to Nagasaki
JAPAN: JR Kyushu has opened the 66 route-km Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen between Takeo Onsen and Nagasaki.
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NewsTracklaying completed on Sotetsu – Tokyu Link
JAPAN: The completion of tracklaying on the link line connecting the Sotetsu and Tokyu railways was marked with a ceremony at Shin-Yokohama on July 8.
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Yokohama Minatomirai-sen
Opened 2004. Single route serving six stations. See Yokohama network map. As part of a redevelopment of the Yokohama waterfront, a tunnelled route was constructed southeast from Yokohama mainline station to Motomachi-Chukagai. It was opened on February 1 2004 (4·1 km, 6 stations). Services operate through to the Tokyu Toyoko ...
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Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (Rinkai-sen)
Opened in 1996, single line with 8 stations. See Tokyo network map. This ‘Third Sector’ line opened on March 30 1996 running in tunnel west from an interchange with JR East’s Keiyo line at Shin-Kiba to Tokyo’s waterfront development area on the artifical islands of Aomi and Odaiba, also served ...
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Shikoku Railway Co (JR Shikoku)
JR Shikoku was created in 1987 when Japanese National Railways was restructured, and is a member of the JR Group*. The network comprises ex-JNR lines on the southern island of Shikoku, serving 259 stations. The Great Seto Bridge chain opened in 1988 provides a 30 km rail link from JR ...
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Tokyo Metro Co Ltd
Opened 1927. Nine line network serving 143 stations. See Tokyo network map. The Tokyo Metro consists of the following lines: Tokyo Metro Name gaugekmstaopenedlast extendednotes † These lines share 8·3 km and 6 stationsTogether with the Toei metro network (a further four lines) the Tokyo ...