The construction site of a new station to be installed in Sagamihara City on the Linear Chuo Shinkansen was opened to the press for the first time on the 30th.

Construction of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen is underway with the aim of opening between Shinagawa and Nagoya, and on the 30th, the construction site of a new station scheduled to be installed in Sagamihara City was opened to the press for the first time.

The new station, tentatively called "Kanagawa Prefecture Station," is planned to be installed underground, with the deepest point being 30 meters underground and the station building being expected to have a total length of approximately 680 meters.



It has been excavated up to 17 meters underground so far, and the person in charge of JR Central has assembled steel frames to support the soil and sprayed concrete on the slope after excavation to prevent it from collapsing. I was explaining what I was doing.



The excavation work for "Kanagawa Prefecture Station" will be completed in March next year, and the main body work is scheduled to begin.

Taro Yoshikawa, chief of the JR Tokai Chuo Shinkansen Construction Department, said, "Construction is proceeding smoothly so far with the cooperation of the region. We will continue to value the safety of construction, environmental conservation, and cooperation with the region. I want to proceed to. "



Regarding the Linear Chuo Shinkansen, Shizuoka Prefecture has not approved the start of construction due to concerns about the impact on water resources, and it is difficult to open the business in 2027, which was the initial goal.