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Being built below the existing Shinkansen station, and to consist of two platforms and four tracks, construction is planned to take 10 years, largely to avoid disruption to the existing Tokaido Shinkansen services located above the new station. JR Central estimates that Chuo Shinkansen fares will be only slightly more expensive than Tokaido ...
The Chūō Main Line (Japanese: 中央本線, Hepburn: Chūō-honsen), commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan.It connects Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faster, and the Tōkaidō Shinkansen is currently the fastest rail link between the cities.
This service only operates on weekday towards Tokyo, where two originates from Ōtsuki, two from Ōme on the Ōme Line, and one from Takao. It stops at all stations until Takao, Hachiōji, Tachikawa, Kokubunji, and Shinjuku and continues as a rapid service from Shinjuku. Again, services from Ōme stop at all stations on the Ōme Line.
Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a global revolution in high-speed rail travel that continues to this day.
Construction on the Chuo Shinkansen line on which the train would run began in December 2014. The first section to Nagoya is expected to be completed in 2027. That section will be approximately 85% tunnels with an estimated cost of ¥5.5 trillion (US$46.5 billion). The relatively high cost is in large part due to the many tunnels being constructed.
The Chūō-Sōbu Line (Japanese: 中央・総武緩行線, Hepburn: Chūō-Sōbu-kankō-sen) is a railway line that runs through Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan.Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) network, the line operates on separate tracks along the right-of-way of the Chūō Main Line (Chūō Line (Rapid)) and Sōbu Main Line (Sōbu Line (Rapid)), providing service between ...
JR East Shinonoi Line and Chuo Main Line via Tatsuno Station to JR Central Iida Line; JR East Shinonoi Line via Shiojiri Station to JR Central Chuo Main Line; JR East Hokuriku Shinkansen via Joetsu-Myōkō Station to JR West Hokuriku Shinkansen; JR Central Tokaido Shinkansen via Shin-Osaka Station to JR West Sanyo Shinkansen
CA Tōkaidō Main Line: Atami Station—Maibara Station 341.3 km Branch line: Ōgaki Station—Mino-Akasaka Station 5.0 km; CB Gotemba Line: Kōzu Station—Numazu Station 60.2 km; CC Minobu Line: Fuji Station—Kōfu Station 88.4 km; CD Iida Line: Toyohashi Station—Tatsuno Station 195.7 km; CE Taketoyo Line: Ōbu Station—Taketoyo Station ...