Falling ridership is putting pressure on JR Hokkaido to close underutilized local lines even as it struggles to complete the ...

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 Hokkaido Shinkansen line is currently under construction and is scheduled to be completed in 2031. 03:03 Once finished, the line will extend all the way to Sapporo, ...

East Japan Railway Co. plans to introduce the Alpha-X, running at 360 kph, for commercial operation in around fiscal 2030, when the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line is expected to extend to Sapporo from ...

The company also plans to develop a variation of the E10 series for the planned extension of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line to Sapporo.