The New Main Line (Japanese:新本線, Korean: 새로운 본선), sometimes referred to as the Honsen Shinkansen or simply Shinkansen, is a currently operating maglev line connecting Seogyeong, Seoul, Tokyo, and Sapporo, East Asian Federation. The line is operated by the state-owned Federation Rail. The line in its entirety between Sinuiju and Sapporo was completed on July 3, 2010. It was expected to take a total journey time of six and a half hours, but in actuallity connects Sapporo and Seogyeong in just over five hours. It is a culmination of the maglev development since the late 1970s, a government funded project initiated by Japan Airlines and then-Japan Railways.