Huge Bus Station to be Built under Tokyo Train Station by 2020
A huge underground bus station with thirteen bus stops are going to be made close to JR Tokyo Station (Train station). Construction will start soon and it aims to finish construction by 2020. This can help transporting huge number of people during the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic games.
Finalized Sept. 3, the project is an element of the central government's "National Strategic Special Zones" conceive to ease laws to assist energize the economy.
The new terminal are going to be settled on the underground floors of 2 skyscrapers which will be designed and can consolidate eight existing ground level bus stops. The eight stops don't embody those operated by the Japan Railways cluster.
The underground terminal are going to be connected to JR Tokyo Station via underground shopping arcade. There will be enough room for even more expansion to be made in the late future.
Currently, bus stops for are all around the Tokyo train station and little inconvenient to be used. If you are the traveler from abroad, you can easily get confused where the bus stop is and how to get there especially with your suitcase. This construction of the bus station is a wonderful news to all of us. It will help travelers to move around Tokyo smoothly and allow them to get connection to international airports more conveniently too.
The construction of this new bus stop will be great for everyone who lives in Tokyo as well as all the visitors and tourist from everywhere around the world.