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The term "Tōkaidō Main Line" is largely a holdover from pre-Shinkansen days; now various portions of the line have different names which are officially used by JR East, JR Central, and JR West. Today, the only daily passenger train that travels the entire length of the line is the combinedSunrise Izumo/Sunrise Seto service which runs ...
The Central Japan Railway Company [6] is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and occasionally as JR Tokai (Japanese: JR東海). [7] The term Tōkai refers to the southern portion of Central Japan, the geographical region in which the company chiefly ...
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.
The Japan Rail Pass also allows the holders to obtain discounts when staying at JR Group Hotels. Regional Rail Passes are also available for JR-Hokkaido, JR-Central, JR-East, JR-West, JR-Shikoku, and JR-Kyushu lines. Unlike the full JR Pass, some regional passes (in particular those sold by JR West) allow holders to travel on Nozomi and Mizuho ...
JR East Archived 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine official website, showing the map of the Suica/PASMO accepting area, which roughly corresponds with Greater Tokyo Area (in Japanese) Greater Tōkyō Railway Network, unofficial railway map of Greater Tokyo (in English) Tokyo Railway Map, bilingual railway map of central Tokyo (in Japanese and ...
The logo common throughout the JR group JR Group service regions. The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as the JR Group (JRグループ, Jeiāru Gurūpu) or simply JR, is a group of railway companies in Japan that underwent division and privatization [1] of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
A JR Central report on the Chuo Shinkansen was approved by a Liberal Democratic Party panel in October 2008, which certified three proposed routes for the Maglev. According to a Japan Times news article, JR Central supported the more direct route, which would cost less money to build than the other two proposals, backed by Nagano Prefecture.
The Japan Rail Pass is an option for foreign visitors traveling on the Tokaido Shinkansen line in Japan. Japan Rail Pass holders can take Hikari or Kodama services free of charge. Passengers holding a Japan Rail Pass purchased since October 2023 can also use the Nozomi service by purchasing a special