３７年の大阪延伸「難しい」　リニア、静岡工事遅れで―ＪＲ東海社長

　ＪＲ東海の金子慎社長は５日、大阪市内で定例記者会見を開き、最短で２０３７年を目指しているリニア中央新幹線の大阪延伸時期について、「難しいと思う」との認識を示した。金子氏は「（静岡県内でのトンネル工事の遅れの）影響が出ると心配している」と語った。（2020/08/05-21:18）

Central Japan Railway Co. President Shin Kaneko said Wednesday that extending the firm's planned ultrahigh-speed magnetically levitated Shinkansen train line to the western Japan city of Osaka in 2037 is difficult.
   At a press conference in Osaka, Kaneko said that "I'm concerned about possible impacts" from a delay in construction work in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, for a tunnel for the maglev line.
   The Shizuoka prefectural government has refused to give its consent to preparatory work for the tunnel construction due to environmental concerns, raising the possibility of the railway operator, better known as JR Tokai, being unable to meet its target of opening the line between Tokyo and Nagoya, the capital of Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in 2027.
   JR Tokai aims to launch the extended part between Nagoya and Osaka in 2037 at the earliest.
   Hirofumi Yoshimura, governor of Osaka Prefecture, has told Kaneko that it would be possible to put the Nagoya-Osaka section into service in the target year if construction work is launched before the completion of the Tokyo-Nagoya work through the transfer of workers and equipment from finished parts of the line to the Nagoya-Osaka section.