Hokkaido night trains after Shinkansen introduction
In march 2016 the Shinkansen will link Honshu to Shin-Hakodate. According to JP Rail's website the Hokutosei is already discontinued and Japan Guide says the overnight Cassiopeia and Hamanasu services will be discontinued in 2016.
If this chart from Wiki is to be believed the journey will still take around 7+ hours to Sapporo from Tokyo.
Are there any plans to maintain any overnight train service to Hokkaido beyond march 2016 ?
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Does Shinkansen run at night?
Hi there, The Shinkansen is not a 24 hour service, but does run until late. You can find the last operating trains for a given route and non-nozomi shinkansen on Hyperdia by altering the "search details".Does the Hokkaido Shinkansen go underwater?
Japan's newest Shinkansen \u2013 the Hokkaido Shinkansen \u2013 was launched in March 2016. The new line connects Aomori (on Japan's mainland, Honshu) to Hakodate (on the island of Hokkaido) via the Seikan Tunnel \u2013 which is the deepest railway tunnel in the world at 240 metres below the sea surface.When did Japan unveil the Shinkansen bullet train?
From the moment of its unveiling in autumn 1964 \u2013 just ten days before the opening of the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games \u2013 the Shinkansen programme has transformed the Japanese economy, rail technology and travel; in Japan as well as abroad.Does Shinkansen go to Hokkaido?
The Hokkaido Shinkansen (\u5317\u6d77\u9053\u65b0\u5e79\u7dda, Hokkaid\u014d Shinkansen) is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line that links up with the T\u014dhoku Shinkansen in northern Aomori Prefecture in Honshu and continues on into the interior of Hokkaido through the undersea Seikan Tunnel.Riding the Japan's Fastest Bullet Train from Tokyo to Hokkaido
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