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High Speed: Sapporo in sight as tunnellers tackle Hokkaido’s hills

By Mike Bent 2021-08-18T08:00:00

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Construction of the 212 km second phase of the Hokkaido Shinkansen from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Sapporo offers the prospect of a 5 h journey time from Tokyo once the line is completed in 2030-31. Mike Bent investigates.

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