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Shin-Yokohama Station opened on 1 October 1964, with the opening of the Tokaido Shinkansen. [4] At the time, the surrounding area was completely rural, and the site was selected as it was the intersection of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen tracks with the existing Yokohama Line.
The Yokosuka Line runs underground between Tokyo and Shinagawa (parallel to the Tōkaidō Main Line, the Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tōhoku Line) then branches to the west along the Tōkaidō Shinkansen into the city of Kawasaki.
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 supplementary ticket.
Here, an ordinary ticket from Tokyo to Takamatsu is coupled with a Shinkansen express fare ticket from Tokyo to Okayama, allowing use of the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Okayama and use of local lines from Okayama to Takamatsu. For trips exclusively on one Shinkansen, the base fare and Shinkansen express fare may be combined into a single ticket.
The Yokohama Line (Japanese: 横浜線, romanized: Yokohama-sen) is a Japanese railway line of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) connecting Higashi-Kanagawa Station in Yokohama, Kanagawa and Hachiōji Station in Hachiōji, Tokyo.
Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line trains run through service with Tōkyū, Tokyo Metro, and Toei Subway Lines via Shin-Yokohama. Shin-Yokohama Station is jointly operated by Tōkyū and Sōtetsu. This is the first case for both operators to have a station with direct connections to the Shinkansen .
This is a route-map template for the Tokaido Shinkansen, a railway in Japan.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Japan's largest population centers are all along this route: Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe. Since construction of the line, these centers have since grown to occupy an ever more dominant role in the country's government, financial, manufacturing, and cultural life. [1]