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Japan Coalition Picks Eastern Kyoto Route for Hokuriku Shinkansen Extension to Osaka, Rejects Direct Kyoto Station Stop
The Liberal Democratic Party and Japan Innovation Party selected a 139-kilometer extension on July 15 that adds a new underground station near Katsuragawa. The line will reach Shin-Osaka Station after 26 years at an estimated cost of ¥4.8 trillion.
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Japan’s ruling coalition adopted a plan on July 15 to extend the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture to Osaka through eastern Kyoto Prefecture. The Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party selected the route over several alternatives.
The 139-kilometer extension will include a new station constructed 50 meters underground near the current Katsuragawa Station, five kilometers west of Kyoto Station.
It will terminate at Shin-Osaka Station. Completion is expected to take around 26 years. Project costs have risen to ¥4.8 trillion ($30 billion) from ¥3.4 trillion calculated in April 2023, reflecting higher prices over the past three years.
The line currently runs between Tokyo and Tsuruga through Nagano.
Passengers transferring from the new Katsuragawa station to regular trains for Kyoto Station will need about 20 minutes. The coalition rejected the North-South plan that would have placed a Kyoto stop underground beside the existing station and the Maibara plan that would have routed the line through Maibara in Shiga Prefecture.
