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A JNR map from the October 1964 English-language timetable, showing the then-new Tokaido Shinkansen line (in red) and conventional lines A 0 series set in front of Mount Fuji. Japan was the first country to build dedicated railway lines for high-speed travel.
Ōsaka – Yonago (via San'in Main Line) 1968 – Oct 2004 Ginga: JR-West Tokyo – Ōsaka 1950 – Mar 2008 Hakkōda: JR East Ueno – Aomori(via Tohoku Main Line) 1961 – Dec 1993 (daily operation) / Aug 1998 (temporary service) Hamanasu: JR Hokkaido: Aomori – Sapporo 1955 – Mar 2016 Kitaguni: JR-West Ōsaka – Niigata: 1968 – Jan ...
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.
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.
Tōkyū Tamagawa Line (Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway) Toshima Line (Seibu Railway) Tōsō Line (Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau) Towada Hachimantai Shikisai Line (Nickname. East Japan Railway Company) Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line (Towada Kanko Electric Railway) Toyama City Tram Line (Group name. Comprising the tramway lines in Toyama ...
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 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 ...
Tōkaidō Main Line: Tōkaidō Shinkansen Hakone Tozan Line Izuhakone Railway Daiyūzan Line Odakyū Odawara Line: 32,469: 2011 [1] Ōfuna Negishi Line Tōkaidō Main Line Yokosuka Line Shonan Monorail: OFN: 93,397: 2011 [1] Ōgane Karasuyama Line: 322: 2011 [1] Ogawamachi Hachikō Line Tōbu Tōjō Line: 602: 2011 [1] Ogikubo Chūō Line (Rapid)