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Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama: JH 16: Shin-Yokohama: 新横浜 1.3 6.1 Tokaido Shinkansen. SH Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line (SH01) Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line (SO52) Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line (B25) JH 17: Kozukue: 小机 1.7 7.8 ｜ JH 18: Kamoi: 鴨居 3.1 10.9 Midori-ku, Yokohama: JH 19: Nakayama: 中山 2.6 13.5 Yokohama Municipal Subway Green ...
The Sōtetsu–Tōkyū jointly operated Shin-yokohama Station opened on 18 March 2023 [8] is one of the major infrastructures of the Eastern Kanagawa Rail Link project to improve the regional access to the Shin-Yokohama Shinkansen station by rail, which was previously only accessible via the JR Yokohama Line and Municipal Subway Blue Line.
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 .
On 31 January 2004, the section of Yokohama to Sakuragichō was abandoned. [18] From 1 February, Tokyu Toyoko Line trains started through service from Yokohama to the Minatomirai Line. [18] On 16 March 2013, the 1.4 km (0.87 mi) section between Shibuya to Daikan-yama was replaced with an underground connection to the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line.
Sōtetsu Shin-yokohama Line 6.3 km (Nishiya to Shin-Yokohama) Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line 5.8 km (Shin-Yokohama to Hiyoshi) Tōkyū Meguro Line 11.9 km (Hiyoshi to Meguro via Den-en-chōfu) Toei Mita Line 26.5 km (Meguro to Nishi-Takashimadaira via Shirokane-Takanawa) Shinjuku Line : Takaosanguchi Station to Motoyawata Station (68.2 km)
It is the longer of the two lines in the Yokohama Municipal Subway system operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau, and is the second-longest subway line in Japan at 40.4 kilometers (25.1 mi) in length, surpassed only by the 40.7-kilometer (25.3 mi) long Toei Oedo Line in Tokyo.
Shinkansen trains are also known to be very punctual, following suit with all other Japanese transport; in 2003, the average delay per train on the Tokaido Shinkansen was a mere 6 seconds. [10] Japan has been trying to sell its Shinkansen technology overseas, and has struck deals to help build systems in India, Thailand, and the United States. [9]
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.