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The final segments were completed between Kasumigahara and Otsu. At the time, there was one Tokyo–Kobe train in each direction per day, taking over 20 hours each way. The "Tokaido Line" name was formally adopted in 1895. In October 1895, following the Sino-Japanese War, through service to the Sanyo Railway (now the San'yō Main Line) began. [2]
Hiroshima station – The Sanyo Railway Co. was commissioned by the Japanese Army to build a 6 km (3.7 mi) line to Ujina Port following the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894. In 1897 the company leased the line from the Army and commenced a passenger service, and when the company was nationalised in 1906, ownership of the line ...
The JR Kōbe Line (JR神戸線, JR Kōbe sen) is the nickname of portions of the Tokaido Main Line and the Sanyo Main Line, between Osaka Station in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture and Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture.
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.
Sanyō Main Line Bantan Line Kishin Line Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line (SY 43: Sanyo Himeji Station) Himeji: Aioi: 相生: 105.9 621.3 ｜ ｜ ｜ Sanyō Main Line Ako Line: Aioi: Okayama: 岡山: 160.9 676.3 Sanyō Main Line Uno Line (Seto-Ōhashi Line) Hakubi Line Tsuyama Line Kibi Line Okayama Electric Tramway Higashiyama Main Line: Kita ...
Nozomi (のぞみ, "Wish" or "Hope") is the fastest train service running on the Tokaido and San'yō Shinkansen lines in Japan. The service stops at only the largest stations, and services using N700 series equipment reach speeds of 300 km/h (186 mph) along the stretch between Shin-Ōsaka and Hakata.
Kodama debuted as a limited express service on the Tokaido Main Line on 1 November 1958. Services used 151 series trainsets. This was the first EMU train service of the Japanese National Railways classified as a limited express, the highest (fastest) of train types on the national railway system.
Nishi-Akashi Station is served by the JR San'yō Main Line, and is located 22.8 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe and 55.9 kilometers from Osaka. On the San'yō Shinkansen , the station is 59.7 kilometers from Shin-Osaka and 612.3 kilometers from Tokyo .