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Nové spojení Šinkansenem v roce 2016 Tokio-Hakodate :
Tokyo-Hokkaido Shinkansen fees to be cheaper than airfares

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Oct 13, 2015
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SAPPORO – Hokkaido Railway Co. said Tuesday that a reserved-seat ticket for Shinkansen bullet train service between Tokyo and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido will cost Y22,690 per adult, which is cheaper than current fares for flights linking the capital and Hakodate.
The company, better known as JR Hokkaido, the same day filed for transport ministry approval for fares for its Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, scheduled to open on March 26, 2016, between Shin-Aomori Station and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, which is located in the city of Hokuto, next to Hakodate.
Shin-Aomori, in Aomori Prefecture, is the northern terminal of East Japan Railway Co.’s existing Tohoku Shinkansen Line, which links it with Tokyo Station. The Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen Lines will be directly connected, allowing passengers to travel between Tokyo and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto without changing trains.
The fare level for the section between Tokyo and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto is for the medium-demand period.
A ticket for travel between Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto has been set at Y7,260.
AirDo, a regional carrier in Hokkaido, currently sets its airfare for a flight between Tokyo International Airport at Haneda and Hakodate Airport in the city of Hakodate at Y27,390 for the medium-demand period.
The ticket price for the same route stands at Y35,490 at Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways.
Meanwhile, travel between Tokyo and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen Lines will take a little more than four hours, compared with one hour and 20 minutes for the Haneda-Hakodate flight.
A JR Hokkaido official said the company set the Hokkaido Shinkansen fares “at levels that can give users a sense of affordability, by taking into account various factors including operational costs, the revenue-spending balance and competition with airlines.”