Hokkaido Bullet Train Line opens

The Hokkaido Shinkansen (bullet train line) is a Japanese high-speed shinkansen rail line operating between Aomori Prefecture in Honshu and Hokkaido through the undersea Seikan Tunnel. Construction started in May 2005, and the initial Shin-Aomori to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto section opened on 26 March 2016.

According to operators Hokkaido Railway Co. and East Japan Railway Co., the high-speed trains running on their two lines between Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and the capital will take as little as four hours and two minutes.

The line to Sapporo is scheduled to open in fiscal year 2030.