Central Japan Railway Co. is considering opening a new station for its magnetically levitated trains in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, according to a source.

JR Tokai, the railway serving central Japan, aims to showcase its technology to a worldwide audience by offering foreign passengers the chance to experience journeys at a maximum speed of 500 kph on the Chuo Shinkansen Line.

At present, JR Tokai is running experimental trains on a test line stretching around 43 km in Yamanashi Prefecture.