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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.
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 ...
Keikyū Main Line Kominato Railway Line JR Kyushu Shinkansen. Kabe Line (West Japan Railway Company) Kada Line (Nankai Electric Railway) Kagoshima Main Line (Kyushu Railway Company) Kaigan Line (Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau) Kaikyō Line (Hokkaido Railway Company) Kaizuka Line (Nishi-Nippon Railroad) Kakamigahara Line (Nagoya Railroad)
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.
JR East operates all of the Shinkansen high-speed rail lines north of Tokyo, with the exception of the Hokkaido Shinkansen which is operated by JR Hokkaido. [14] Tōhoku Shinkansen (Tokyo - Shin-Aomori) Jōetsu Shinkansen (Tokyo - Niigata; Echigo-Yuzawa - Gala Yuzawa) Hokuriku Shinkansen (jointly operated with JR West) (Tokyo - Jōetsumyōkō)
Chiba Urban Monorail Line 1 Osaka Municipal Subway Line 1 (Midōsuji Line) ... Akita Shinkansen (Nickname. East Japan Railway Company) Akō Line (West Japan Railway ...
List of railway lines in Japan lists existing railway lines in Japan alphabetically. The vast majority of Japanese railways are classified under two Japanese laws, one for railways (鉄道, tetsudō) and another for trams (軌道, kidō). The difference between the two is a legal, and not always substantial, one.
With Japanese National Railways (JNR) building more and more infeasible lines, along with additional Shinkansen lines such as the San'yō Shinkansen, nearly all JNR lines – except for those in the Tokyo area and Shinkansen lines – fell into deficit, putting the existence of JNR at risk. [2]