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These lines except Chūō Shinkansen, called Seibi Shinkansen or planned Shinkansen, are the Shinkansen projects designated in the Basic Plan of the Shinkansen Railway decided by the government. Hokkaido Shinkansen from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto to Sapporo is under construction and scheduled to open by 2038.
refers to Banetsu West Line: JR East Niigata - Aizu-Wakamatsu: 1999– Dinostar: portmanteau derived from the English word "dinosaur" for which Fukui is famous and the word "star" [4] JR-West Fukui – Kanazawa: 2015–2024 Enoshima: refers to Enoshima: Odakyu Shinjuku – Fujisawa – Katase-Enoshima: 1964– Fujikawa: refers to Fuji River: JR ...
1. ^ Although Kato Line was closed, the line was technically split into several lines, where the "Yashiro Line" section became an actual line after the closure of the Kato Line and the "Kishima Line" section, and the remaining section was incorporated into Nagano Line. As of 2024, only the section between Suzaka and Yudanaka remains in operation.
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.
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.
The Tōhoku Shinkansen (東北新幹線) is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line that runs through the more sparsely populated Tōhoku region of Japan's main island, Honshu. Operated by the East Japan Railway Company , it links Tokyo in the south to Aomori in the north, with stops in population centers such as Morioka , Koriyama ...
The term "Tōkaidō Main Line" is largely a holdover from pre-Shinkansen days; now various portions of the line have different names which are officially used by JR East, JR Central, and JR West. Today, the only daily passenger train that travels the entire length of the line is the combined Sunrise Izumo / Sunrise Seto service which runs ...
Nozomi (のぞみ, "Wish" or "Hope") is the fastest train service running on the Tokaido and San'yō Shinkansen lines in Japan. The service stops at only the largest stations, and services using N700 series equipment reach speeds of 300 km/h (186 mph) along the stretch between Shin-Ōsaka and Hakata.