Around Kanazawa Station, shiny office towers, mid-range hotels and glass-wrapped multistorey retail ... Even in a country with 2,600km of high-speed rail track, the new line is hardly just another ...

The accident happened on June 1 on the Kanazawa Seaside Line ... shortly after 8 p.m. when the five-car train was due to depart Shin-Sugita Station, one of the line's terminals.

A new train sightseeing service operating in ... With the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line's extended section between Kanazawa and Tsuruga stations set to open in spring that year, the company is hoping ...