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(Translation)
On April 29, Nagoya City revealed that the authority is going to initiate actual step to launch a new station between Nagoya and Fushimi on Municipal Subway Higashiyama Line. Takashi Kawamura, Mayor of the city, stated "I'd like to include concrete budget for it in the next fiscal year.", meaning that he showed required money to launch the new station in the budget of the year 2018. He aims at making the station breakthrough for re-development.
He said "opening of Chūō Shinkansen is the chance to revive Nagoya ever since.", and insisted the city would like to focus on re-development by saying "We have to invest sufficiently,"
The planned location is near Nayabashi under re-development and eastern side of Nagoya Station with a bunch of skyscrapers. The station was planned in 1940s or 50s. Structures preparing for the new station remains. On the other hand, there are a couple of problems like ensuring land for the station and a lot of cost for construction, because Yanagibashi Market stands near the site.
The mayor addressed he intends to visit the site for launching the station. He once visited there in 2014 to investigate viability.
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It's common in Japan to see inauguration of new intermediate stations on JR lines, private railway lines, or railways operated by third sectors. But, I've never seen it was built in municipal subway lines. This case is so rare that many rail fans are interested in the news.