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With an average of 23,000 passengers per hour in each direction in 1992, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen was the world's busiest high-speed rail line. [24] As of 2014, the train's 50th anniversary, daily passenger traffic rose to 391,000 which, spread over its 18-hour schedule, represented an average of just under 22,000 passengers per hour. [25]
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.
Hakone Tozan Railway 2000 series trainset "St. Moritz" at Odawara Station in 2006. The Hakone Tozan Line (箱根登山鉄道線, Hakone Tozan Tetsudō-sen, lit. Hakone Mountain-Climbing Railroad Line) is a mountain railway in Japan operated by Odakyu Hakone, an Odakyu Group company that also owns the Hakone Tozan Cable Car.
Shinjuku Station is the busiest train station in the world by passenger throughput. [5] Tokyo's railways tend to shut down at around midnight, with stations themselves closed up around 1 a.m. Trains had historically been extremely crowded at peak travel times , with people being pushed into trains by so-called oshiya ("pushers"), which was ...
The section between Kyoto and Osaka is known as the JR Kyoto Line. Trains from the Biwako and Kosei lines travel through onto the JR Kyoto Line and continue west towards the JR Kobe Line at Osaka. Legend: : All trains stop | : All trains pass : Trains only after morning rush stop; Local trains stop at all stations.
The Nara Line (奈良線, Nara-sen) is a commuter rail line in the Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto metropolitan area, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Its official termini are Kizu Station in Kizugawa and Kyōto Station in Kyoto, within Kyoto Prefecture; however, all trains continue past Kizu on the Yamatoji Line (Kansai Main Line) to Nara Station in Nara, Nara Prefecture.
Kyoto Municipal Subway (Public) Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line: 15 13.7 Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line: 17 17.5 Total 31 31.2 330,191 2010 [29] 120,519,560 2010 [30] P: Hankyū Corporation (Hankyū) Hankyū Kōbe Main Line: 16 32.3 Hankyū Kōbe Rapid Line: 4 2.8 Hankyū Itami Line: 4 3.1 Hankyū Imazu Line: 10 9.3 Hankyū Kōyō Line ...
From 25 February 1969, following the voltage being increased to 1500 V DC, air-conditioned trains were introduced on the Inokashira Line. [2] From 30 April 1971, the 3000 series trains were lengthened to 5-cars, and from 15 December 1971, limited-stop "Express" services started. [2] From 22 February 2013, station numbering was introduced on ...