Utsunomiya Lightline tramway opens

Utsunomiya Lightline light rail (Photo: Kazumiki Miura)

Photos: Kazumiki Miura

JAPAN: Celebrations on August 26 marked the opening of the Lightline light rail line in the city of Utsunomiya, 100 km north of Tokyo, as Japan’s first new-build tram line since the opening of a line in Takaoka in 1948.

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