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The Chuo Shinkansen (中央新幹線, Central Shinkansen) is a Japanese maglev line under construction between Tokyo and Nagoya, with plans for extension to Osaka.Its initial section is between Shinagawa Station in Tokyo and Nagoya Station in Nagoya, with stations in Sagamihara, Kōfu, Iida and Nakatsugawa.
The Chūō Main Line (Japanese: 中央本線, Hepburn: Chūō-honsen), commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan.It connects Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faster, and the Tōkaidō Shinkansen is currently the fastest rail link between the cities.
Kagoshima-Chūō Station (鹿児島中央駅, Kagoshima-Chūō-eki, Kagoshima Central Station) is a major railway station in the city of Kagoshima, Japan. It is operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu). It is also the southernmost high-speed Shinkansen railway terminal in Japan. [1] [2]
JR East Shinonoi Line and Chuo Main Line via Tatsuno Station to JR Central Iida Line; JR East Shinonoi Line via Shiojiri Station to JR Central Chuo Main Line; JR East Hokuriku Shinkansen via Joetsu-Myōkō Station to JR West Hokuriku Shinkansen; JR Central Tokaido Shinkansen via Shin-Osaka Station to JR West Sanyo Shinkansen
Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a global revolution in high-speed rail travel that continues to this day.
This service only operates on weekday towards Tokyo, where two originates from Ōtsuki, two from Ōme on the Ōme Line, and one from Takao. It stops at all stations until Takao, Hachiōji, Tachikawa, Kokubunji, and Shinjuku and continues as a rapid service from Shinjuku. Again, services from Ōme stop at all stations on the Ōme Line.
Since 2016, after heavier repairs and maintainence of all third-rail-powered Osaka Metro rolling stock have been consolidated at Midorigi Depot on the Yotsubashi Line, Chūō Line rolling stock owned by Osaka Metro are also able to access said depot via a newly-built spur track located before Hommachi Station.
Nagoya Station (名古屋駅, Nagoya-eki) is a major railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is Japan's, and one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m 2 ), [ 1 ] and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).