Hidden Scenic “Kurobe Route” To Be Open to Public

Hidden Scenic “Kurobe Route” To Be Open to Public

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)–Kansai Electric Power Co. <9503> and the Toyama prefectural government have agreed to open to the public a route between Keyakidaira Station, the terminal station of the Kurobe Gorge Railway, and the famed Kurobe Dam, as early as fiscal 2024, they said Wednesday.

The 18-kilometer Kurobe route, which connects the station in the city of Kurobe with the dam in the town of Tateyama, in the central Japan prefecture is now used by Kansai Electric to transport construction materials.

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