Japan maglev plan paves way to ultra-fast link for $2tn ‘megaregion’

Transportation

Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka line likely to reshape region home to 66 million

The Linear Chuo Shinkansen will cut travel times between Japan’s biggest cities to less than half the current fastest options. (Central Japan Railway)

YUKA FURUBAYASHI, HIROKI AKAHORI, RYO IIZUKA

TOKYO/NAGOYA/SHIZUOKA, Japan — With Japan’s efforts to build an ultra-fast maglev train line connecting Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka a step closer to reality after a local governor’s approval, public-private hopes are high for the creation of a new massive economic corridor.