Pakutanga, chete 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 mu) narrow-gauge njanji yakaiswa kuburikidza mugero, asi muna 2005 ari Hokkaido Shinkansen chirongwa akatanga kuvakwa izvo zvaisanganisira achiisa kaviri-gauge njanji (kupa mwero gauge njanji kugona) uye kuwedzera Shinkansen samambure kuburikidza mugero. Shinkansen mabasa kuna Hakodate akatanga muna March 2016, uye vari aronga kuti kuwedzerwa kuna Sapporo kubudikidza 2031. mugero ane 52 km (32 mi) pamusoro chichiitwa welded njanji. Zviteshi zviviri zviri mukati mugero <unk> Tappi-Kaitei Station uye Yoshioka-Kaitei Station. Vanoshumira sezvo chimbichimbi kupukunyuka pfungwa. Kana moto kana dzimwe njodzi, zviteshi zvinopa yakaenzana zvikuru mapfupi kuchengeteka.
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