Roughly speaking Journalist Kazuya Kobayashi points out that construction of the Shizuoka Maglev construction zone is expected to start, but opening is still a long way off. The Yamanashi construction area has had an excavation rate of 43% in nine and a half years, and the Shizuoka construction area is expected to face the most difficult construction work. It will require the collapse of an access road and the construction of six tunnels, which will take until 2042 at the earliest. Read article