Hokuriku Shinkansen extension to Tsuruga testing

[Sacto1985]

Since about a week ago, JR West has begun testing the new Hokuriku Shinkansen from Kanazawa to Tsuruga. Here are a couple of videos:

 

The official first run using the E926 East-i test train set, from ANNnewsCH YouTube channel:

 

 

Testing running with JR West W7 Shinkansen train set W1, from FBC 福井放送公式チャンネル YouTube channel:

 

 

This extension will open on March 16, 2024.

[Gunzel]

Countdown billboard in Fukui station, only 124 days to go! 

[HankyuDentetsu]

Love it, had to squeeze a dinosaur in there somewhere, too 😄

 

Lots of development work going on just now around the station - great to see construction linked to the Shinkansen arriving but the passenger numbers are going to be interesting...