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A Shinkansen line from Fukuoka to Nagasaki, initially known as the Nagasaki Shinkansen (長崎新幹線), was laid out in the 1973 Basic Plan.Renamed as the Nagasaki Route (長崎ルート), then changed to the Nishi Kyushu Route (西九州ルート, Nishi Kyūshū rūto) in 1995, the segment between Takeo-Onsen and Nagasaki, Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen, opened for service on 23 September 2022.
Yui Tunnel - Tōkaidō Shinkansen: 1968: 3.993 km Haneda Tunnel - Tōkaidō Freight Line: 1973: 6.472 km Aioi Tunnel - Sanyō Shinkansen: 3.988 km Aki Tunnel - Sanyō Shinkansen: Fukuoka Tunnel - Sanyō Shinkansen: 1975: 8.488 km Hosaka Tunnel - Sanyō Shinkansen: 1975: 7.588 km Kitakyushu Tunnel - Sanyō Shinkansen: 1975: 11.747 km Kobe Tunnel ...
The Tōkaidō Shinkansen's rapid success prompted an extension westward to Okayama, Hiroshima and Fukuoka (the San'yō Shinkansen), which was completed in 1975. [27] Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka was an ardent supporter of the Shinkansen, and his government proposed an extensive network paralleling most existing trunk lines.
Operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West), it is a westward continuation of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and also serves other major cities in between on Honshu and Kyushu islands such as Kobe, Himeji, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Kitakyushu, through the Shin-Kanmon Tunnel. The Kyushu Shinkansen continues south of Hakata to Kagoshima.
Prior to the opening of the San'yō Shinkansen, many expresses operated on the Sanyō Main Line as it served as a major transport corridor through Western Honshu and connecting to Kyushu. The Shinkansen was extended as the San'yō Shinkansen line, first to Okayama Station in 1972, and then to Hakata Station in 1975. On both occasions, many ...
Transport in Fukuoka-Kitakyushu is similar to that of other large cities in Japan, but with a high degree of private transport. The region is a hub of international ferry services and has a high degree of air connectivity and a considerable rail transport network, complemented with highways and surface streets.
Kokura Station (小倉駅, Kokura-eki) in Kokurakita-ku is the main railway station in Kitakyushu, Japan.It is part of the JR Kyushu network and the San'yō Shinkansen stops here.
Mihara Station is served by the Sanyō Shinkansen and is 245.6 kilometers from Shin-Osaka and 761.0 kilometers from Tokyo.It is also JR West Sanyō Main Line, and is located 233.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe.