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The trip between Tokyo and Osaka, a distance of 515 kilometres (320 mi), takes 2 hours 21 minutes on the fastest Nozomi service, with the fastest service between Tokyo Station and Hakata taking 4 hours 46 minutes. [1] The trains stop at fewer stations than the Hikari and Kodama trains.
Intercity passenger traffic between Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka largely transferred to the Tōkaidō Shinkansen after it was completed in 1964. Since then, the Tokaido Main Line has been used as a commuter and freight line, serving a very small number of long-distance passenger trains (mainly overnight and sleeper services).
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.
Distance: 541.8 km (336.7 mi) from Tokyo: Platforms: 2 ... of the line at Kyoto and 541.8 kilometers from the terminus at Tokyo. ... services for Shin-Osaka, Osaka ...
Distance from Shin-Ōsaka (km) Distance from Tokyo (km) Mizuho Sakura Nozomi Hikari Kodama Transfers Location ↑ Through services towards Tokyo via the Tōkaidō Shinkansen [3] ↑: Shin-Ōsaka: 新大阪: 0.0 515.4 Tōkaidō Shinkansen (through service) JR Kyoto Line (JR-A46) Osaka Higashi Line (JR-F02) Midosuji Line (M13) Yodogawa-ku, Osaka ...
Kodama (こだま, "Echo") is one of the three train services running on the Tōkaidō and San'yō Shinkansen lines. Stopping at every station, the Kodama is the slowest Shinkansen service for trips between major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka.
Shin-Ōsaka Station (新大阪駅, Shin-Ōsaka-eki) is a major interchange railway station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan.It is the western terminus of the high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen line from Tokyo, the eastern terminus of the San'yō Shinkansen and one of the main railway terminals in the north of Osaka.
Distance (km) Time [3] [4] Location Name Japanese Between. stations. From Tokyo Westbound (-> Izumoshi) Eastbound (-> Tokyo) Ward / City / District Prefecture / Metropolis Tōkaidō Main Line: Tokyo: 東京 - 0.0 21:50 Departure 07:08 Arrival Chiyoda: Tokyo: Kawasaki: 川崎: 18.2 18.2 22:05 Arrival 22:06 Departure 6:50 Arrival 6:51 Departure ...