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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.
Shin-Shimizu Tunnel - Jōetsu Line: Tsukiyono Tunnel - Jōetsu Line: 7.295 km Haruna Tunnel - Jōetsu Shinkansen: Nakayama Tunnel - Jōetsu Shinkansen: Shiozawa Tunnel - Jōetsu Shinkansen: Uonuma Tunnel - Jōetsu Shinkansen: Bentenyama Tunnel - Tōkaidō Shinkansen: 1963: 1.316 km Horikoshi Tunnel - Tōkaidō Shinkansen: 1963: 1.415 km ...
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 ...
This article provides a list of operational and under construction (or approved) high-speed rail networks, listed by country or region. While the International Union of Railways defines high-speed rail as public transport by rail at speeds of at least 200 km/h (124 mph) for upgraded tracks and 250 km/h (155 mph) or faster for new tracks, this article lists all the systems and lines that ...