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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.
The final segments were completed between Kasumigahara and Otsu. At the time, there was one Tokyo–Kobe train in each direction per day, taking over 20 hours each way. The "Tokaido Line" name was formally adopted in 1895. In October 1895, following the Sino-Japanese War, through service to the Sanyo Railway (now the San'yō Main Line) began. [2]
Hiroshima station – The Sanyo Railway Co. was commissioned by the Japanese Army to build a 6 km (3.7 mi) line to Ujina Port following the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894. In 1897 the company leased the line from the Army and commenced a passenger service, and when the company was nationalised in 1906, ownership of the line ...
JR Kobe Line (JR-A74) Akashi: Himeji: 姫路: 85.9 601.3 JR Kobe Line (JR-A85) Sanyō Main Line Bantan Line Kishin Line Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line (SY 43: Sanyo Himeji Station) Himeji: Aioi: 相生: 105.9 621.3 ｜ ｜ ｜ Sanyō Main Line Ako Line: Aioi: Okayama: 岡山: 160.9 676.3 Sanyō Main Line Uno Line (Seto-Ōhashi Line) Hakubi ...
The Sanyō Main Line connected with the Tōkaidō Main Line in Kobe, and the Kyūshū Railway at Moji. The railway gained a reputation for being one of the most progressive and innovative in Japan in its day, introducing the first sleeping cars, dining cars, and electric lighting on its trains. [ 3 ]
The JR Kōbe Line (JR神戸線, JR Kōbe sen) is the nickname of portions of the Tokaido Main Line and the Sanyo Main Line, between Osaka Station in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture and Himeji Station in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture.
A map of the Taiheiyō Belt showing the Tōkaidō and Sanyō shinkansen routes.. The Taiheiyō Belt (Japanese: 太平洋ベルト, Hepburn: Taiheiyō Beruto, lit. "Pacific Belt"), also known as the Tōkaidō corridor, is the megalopolis in Japan extending from Ibaraki Prefecture in the northeast to Fukuoka Prefecture in the southwest, running for almost 1,200 km (750 mi).
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.