Kyushu Shinkansen train cars to be shipped to Kagoshima

Kyushu Shinkansen train cars to be shipped to Kagoshima

KUDAMATSU, Japan - A train car for the Kyushu Shinkansen ''Tsubame'' bullet train, which will start running in March next year, is loaded on a transport vessel at Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Aug. 3. Six coaches are to be loaded by Aug. 4 before the vessel leaves for a Kyushu Railway Co. train base in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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