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Construction of $2bn Tokyo airport rail line to start in June

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Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

06 April 2023

An aerial view of Tokyo International Airport Tokyo International Airport (Image: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

East Japan Railway (JR East) is to start construction of a new rail line connecting Tokyo station with Haneda Airport in June this year.

The project is worth an estimated ¥280 billion (US$2 billion).

Passengers will be able to travel from Tokyo station to the capital’s airport in around 18 minutes on the new line, without having to change trains.

Construction will involve a 12.4km section of tunnel between the airport and an area near Tamachi station. It will also make use of existing elevated tracks currently used as a freight line, which will be upgraded.

Meanwhile the project involves the construction of a new underground station between the airport’s Terminals 1 and 2.

But completion is now expected to come in 2031, two years later than originally planned.

East Japan Railway JR East rail line Haneda Airport Tokyo station construction MaedaAkihiko Tokyo Tamachi station
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