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Shimada Station: The Fuji Prefectural Government opened a 3 km (1.9 mi) 610 mm (2 ft) gauge handcar line in 1898 to haul timber. In 1944, following the destruction of the nearby Tokaido Line bridge over the Oigawa, it was proposed to use the alignment of this line as a replacement, including a 930 m (3,050 ft) wooden bridge over the river.
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.
CA Tōkaidō Main Line: Atami Station—Maibara Station 341.3 km Branch line: Ōgaki Station—Mino-Akasaka Station 5.0 km; CB Gotemba Line: Kōzu Station—Numazu Station 60.2 km; CC Minobu Line: Fuji Station—Kōfu Station 88.4 km; CD Iida Line: Toyohashi Station—Tatsuno Station 195.7 km; CE Taketoyo Line: Ōbu Station—Taketoyo Station ...
Kodama (こだま, "Echo") is one of the three train services running on the Tōkaidō and San'yō Shinkansen lines. Stopping at every station, the Kodama is the slowest Shinkansen service for trips between major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka. The Kodama trains are used primarily for travel to and from smaller cities such as Atami.
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.
Odakyu platforms Tokaido Shinkansen platforms. Odawara Station (小田原駅, Odawara-eki) is a junction and interchange railway station located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan, operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is a gateway station to the Hakone area.
The Tokaido Shinkansen tracks are not physically connected to the lines of the Tohoku Shinkansen at Tokyo Station, as they use different electrification standards, signaling systems, and earthquake mitigation devices.
Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 11: Sanyo Tarumi Station) JR-A71 Maiko: 舞子 2.0 48.2 | Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 13: Maiko-koen Station) JR-A72 Asagiri: 朝霧 1.9 50.1 | | Akashi JR-A73 Akashi: 明石 2.4 52.5 Sanyo Railway Main Line (SY 17: Sanyo Akashi Station) JR-A74 Nishi-Akashi: 西明石 3.4 55.9 Sanyō Shinkansen JR-A75 Okubo ...