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Other construction works are in full swing, namely drilling tunnels in mountainous areas and installing emergency exits in urban areas. We are now drilling the main tunnel at the Southern Alps tunnel construction site - the Yamanashi section - and we are building construction beams that will support the existing railway tracks at Shinagawa and Nagoya stations. We concluded construction contracts for the most time-consuming and difficult construction work, such as the construction of the 25km Southern Alps tunnel and Shinagawa and Nagoya terminal stations. Furthermore, we have carefully proceeded with preparation towards the start of the construction by conducting centre line surveys, implementing designs and holding discussions, acquiring land, concluding construction contracts, and holding construction briefings with local residents. We have continued to hold briefings to introduce the project to individual municipalities and local governments along the planned route to explain the ways in which we will work with local communities in as detailed a manner as possible. In August 2014, we submitted the final environmental impact statement to MLIT and received approval in October 2014. Currently, we are proceeding with the construction of the Shinagawa - Nagoya section as the first stage with the opening planned in 2027.Īfter we received the construction order from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) in May 2011, we launched environmental assessment procedures along the planned route between Tokyo and Nagoya which took nearly four years to complete.

Because of this, the alignment between Shinagawa in Tokyo and Nagoya will penetrate through the inland mountainous area as the Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed railway runs along the coast. THE Chuo Shinkansen maglev project will play the role of a bypass for the Tokaido Shinkansen connecting Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.

Screen tunnel high tech japan shinagawa