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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.
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.
Japanese iris: JR East Tokyo – Narita, Kashimajingū, Chōshi 1975–2015 Azusa: refers to Azusa River: JR East Shinjuku, Tokyo, Chiba – Matsumoto, Minami-Otari 1966– Banetsu Monogatari: refers to Banetsu West Line: JR East Niigata - Aizu-Wakamatsu: 1999– Dinostar
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.
Tōhoku Main Line (East Japan Railway Company) Tōhoku Shinkansen (East Japan Railway Company) Tōjō Line (Tobu Railway) Tōkadai Line (Tokadai New Transit) Closed; Tōkaidō Main Line (East Japan Railway Company, Central Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company) Tōkaidō Shinkansen (Central Japan Railway Company) Tōkō Line (Freight.
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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.
Although the line uses Shinkansen equipment, trains are officially designated as limited express trains. [2] In practice, however, most services are extensions of San'yō Shinkansen Kodama services. The Kyushu Shinkansen, opened on 12 March 2011, shares part of the route. The trip from Hakata to Hakataminami takes ten minutes and costs ¥300.