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Beginning with the Tokaido Shinkansen in 1964, Tokyo Station has 8 platforms for the high-speed rail system today, The Tokaido Shinkansen's construction began in 1959. There were concerns about increased congestion at Tokyo Station, but due to its central location in Tokyo and connectivity, Tokyo Station was selected as the line's Tokyo-side ...
Map of Shinkansen services in the Chūbu and Kantō regions as of March 2024. The main Shinkansen lines are: ... Tokyo Station Tokaido Shinkansen platforms, ...
Ogaki Station: The Seino Railway opened a 3 km (1.9 mi) line from Mino-Akasaka to Ichihashi in 1928, and operated a passenger service from 1930 to 1945. [citation needed] Arao Station (on the Mino Akasaka branch): A 2 km (1.2 mi) freight-only line to the Mino Okubo limestone quarry operated between 1928 and 1990. [citation needed]
The ticket gate and station building on the Shibuya end of the station was extremely simple, in contrast to the current station, which includes a store and entrance on the Shōtō side. Later, when the Keio 1000 series trains were introduced, which had 20-meter cars, the platform was extended by construction into the tunnel, and starting on ...
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.
The Utsunomiya Line (Japanese: 宇都宮線, romanized: Utsunomiya-sen) is the name given to a 163.5-kilometer (101.6 mi) section of the Tōhoku Main Line between Tokyo Station in Tokyo and Kuroiso Station in Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan. It is part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) network.
The final section of the Keiyo Line between Tokyo and Shin-Kiba opened on 10 March 1990. [13] The platforms at Tokyo Station were originally built to accommodate the Narita Shinkansen, a planned (but never built) high-speed rail line between central Tokyo and Narita International Airport. [14]
The Tōhoku Shinkansen (東北新幹線) is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line that runs through the more sparsely populated Tōhoku region of Japan's main island, Honshu. Operated by the East Japan Railway Company , it links Tokyo in the south to Aomori in the north, with stops in population centers such as Morioka , Koriyama ...