Standards to be Set for Takeo-Nagasaki Shinkansen Route
The government and the Democratic Party of Japan have settled on a policy of using the same standards for the 66-kilometer Takeo Onsen-Nagasaki leg of the western branch of the Kyushu Shinkansen as for the main branch from Fukuoka to Kagoshima. The portion undergoing construction now from Takeo to Isahaya uses different standards. That section was scheduled to be completed in 2018, but the upgrading of the standards will push the date back.