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A linear shinkansen on display during one of the public open days, which continue to attract people, although not in the numbers perhaps hoped for

The route of the test track disappears into one of the many tunnels (this one, unlike some, has a noise-reducing hood) at the point where a station may be constructed in the future for easy transfer to the private Fuji-Kyuko line, which crosses beneath the line, that would provide a link to the Chuo conventional line at Otsuki and to the tourist destinations of Kawaguchi-ko and Mt. Fuji. Naturally the Fuji Kyuko company is keen to seen the construction of the Chuo Shinkansen as it is likely to significantly boost their business as this area would become a suburb of Tokuo. Visible on the right is the enormous electricity transformer station - the variation in sound pitch, which is audible from some distance, reflects changes in the speed of the train

Photos in my book Shinkansen - From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan


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