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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]
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.
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 ...
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 Line Tsuyama Line Kibi Line Okayama Electric Tramway Higashiyama Main Line: Kita ...
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 ]
Hikari (ひかり, "Light") is the name of a high-speed train service running on the Tōkaidō and San'yō Shinkansen "bullet train" lines in Japan. Slower than the premier Nozomi but faster than the all-stations Kodama, the Hikari is the fastest train service on the Tōkaidō and San'yō Shinkansen that can be used with the Japan Rail Pass, which is not valid for travel on the Nozomi or ...
Kodama debuted as a limited express service on the Tokaido Main Line on 1 November 1958. Services used 151 series trainsets. This was the first EMU train service of the Japanese National Railways classified as a limited express, the highest (fastest) of train types on the national railway system.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. Japanese high speed train type 500 series 16-car 500 series on a Nozomi service, May 2008 In service 22 March 1997 (1997-03-22) – present Manufacturer Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kinki Sharyo, Nippon Sharyo Designer Alexander Neumeister Replaced 0 series Constructed 1995 ...