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Morioka – Kamaishi (via Kamaishi Line) 2002– Kansai Airport Rapid Service JR-West Tennōji – Kansai Airport (via Ōsaka) 1994– Karikachi JR Hokkaido Takikawa, Asahikawa – Obihiro: 1990– Kishuji Rapid Service JR-West Tennōji – Wakayama, Kainan, Gobō, Kii-Tanabe (via Ōsaka) 1999– Kitami: JR Hokkaido Asahikawa – Kitami
Tokyo – Aomori (675 km; 419 mi): The fastest Shinkansen service between these cities is 3 hours. JAL is reported to have reduced the size of planes servicing this route since the Shinkansen extension opened in 2010. [100] Tokyo – Hokuriku (345 km; 214 mi): The fastest Shinkansen service between these areas is 2 1 ⁄ 2 hours. ANA is ...
In November 2016, JR Hokkaido announced that it was unable to maintain most of its railway lines, with the length of unmaintainable sections exceeding 1,200 km. [3] [4] Deficit railway lines in Japan have largely been replaced by bus services or transferred to third sector companies, although some replacement bus lines have later been closed ...
The Tōhoku Shinkansen (東北新幹線) is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line that runs through the more sparsely populated Tōhoku region of Japan's main island, Honshu. Operated by the East Japan Railway Company , it links Tokyo in the south to Aomori in the north, with stops in population centers such as Morioka , Koriyama ...
The San'yō Shinkansen connects Hakata with Osaka in two and a half hours, with trains operating at a maximum speed of 300 km/h (186 mph) for most of the journey. [2] Some Nozomi trains operate continuously on San'yō and Tōkaidō Shinkansen lines, connecting Tokyo and Hakata in five hours.
The predecessor for the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines was originally conceived at the end of the 1930s as a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge dangan ressha (bullet train) between Tokyo and Shimonoseki, which would have taken nine hours to cover the nearly 1,000-kilometer (620 mi) distance between the two cities.
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line (2009) Narita Sky Access Line (2010) Eastern Kanagawa Rail Link (2023), becoming the Sōtetsu–JR Link Line, and Sōtetsu–Tōkyū Link Line (consisting of the Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line, and the Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line). [1] JRTT is currently working on construction of the Hokuriku Shinkansen and Hokkaido ...
Annaka-Haruna Station is served by the Hokuriku Shinkansen high-speed line between Tokyo and Kanazawa via Nagano, but only a small number of Asama services stop at the station (approximately one train every two hours during the daytime). [2] One evening Hakutaka service also stops at this station. It is not served by any other lines.