Railway Bureau

Shinkansen Development The feature for new Shinkansen lines 1. New Shinkansen lines are eminent public works projects with great investment benefits. (1) Big benefits with a small investment      The Shinkansen budget (70.6 billion yen in FY 2005 budget) accounts for only 0.95% of public works-related expenditures.   Public works project-related expenditures in FY 2005 budget    Results in benefit of outstanding time savings and large increases in number of passengers   (Outstanding time savings) On Kyushu Shinkansen (between Shin-Yatsushiro and Kagoshima Chuo), Hakata-Kagoshima Chuo On Hokuriku Shinkansen (Takasaki - Nagano), Tokyo - Nagano   (Large increase in number of passengers) Increase in number of passengers on Kyushu Shinkansen (Shin-Yatsushiro - Kagoshima Chuo) Number of users of former express and Shinkansen lines one year before and after line inauguration    Big economic ripple benefit  (Surge in commercial buildings)   Kyushu Shinkansen Surge in large commercial buildings in front of Kagoshima Chuo Station (26% increase over forecast sales within one month after inauguration) Hokuriku Shinkansen New location at Sakudaira Station (0 buildings to 60) Before development After inauguration Enlargement is here.      (Increase in tourism demand) Increase in tourist-related consumption due to the inauguration of the Tohoku Shinkansen (Morioka - Hachinohe) (2) The benefits of inauguration become visible soon      As a result of the agreement between the government and the ruling party, the ripple effect of big benefits became visible soon due to front-loading of the completion time in segments on which work has already begun as well as front-loading of new segments.   The Stage of completion 2010: Tohoku Shinkansen (Hachinohe - Shin-Aomori), Kyushu Shinkansen (Kagoshima route: Hakata - Shin-Yatsushiro) 2014: Hokuriku Shinkansen(Nagano - Kanazawa - Hakusan depot) 2015: Hokkaido Shinkansen (Shin-Aomori - Shin-Hakodate) 2. Shinkansen is the highly eco-friendly transportation CO2 emission comparison (transport of one person for one kilometer) One-fifth of the CO2 emission from using an aircraft One-eighth of the emission from privately-owned car 3. Construction is started after selecting routes that offer true benefits    Construction is launched only after meeting conditions such as real profitability from expenditures 4. Construction is launched after ensuring stable source of revenues Decisions on starting new construction are decided after making estimates of stable sources of revenue    Current scheme of financial resorce for Shinkansen Development (borne in 2:1 ratio by central government and region)  *  Profit generated by transferring 4 Shinkansen. (Tokaido Shinkansen, Sanyo Shinkansen, Tohoku Shinkansen(Tokyo-Morioka), Joetsu Shinkansen)

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