Test runs start on Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line

Test runs start on Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line

KANAZAWA, Japan - A shinkansen bullet train leaves JR Kanazawa station in Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast on Dec. 8, 2014, as test runs started for train cars to be used from next March for the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line service linking Tokyo with Kanazawa.

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