Tokaido Shinkansen

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The Tokaido Shinkansen is Japan’s pioneering high-speed rail line connecting Tokyo with Osaka and other major cities, renowned for its speed, punctuality, and heavy passenger usage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shinkansen line
high-speed railway line
connectsCity Kyoto
Nagoya
Osaka
Tokyo
connectsRegion Chubu region
linked to: Chūbu region

Kansai region
Kanto region
linked to: Kantō region
country Japan
dailyRidership one of the highest of any high-speed rail line in the world
designedSpeedClass_kmh up to 300
electrification 25 kV AC overhead catenary
endStation Shin-Osaka Station
formerRollingStockSeries 0 series Shinkansen
100 series Shinkansen
300 series Shinkansen
700 series Shinkansen
infrastructureType standard-gauge dedicated high-speed tracks
interchangeWithLine Sanyo Shinkansen at Shin-Osaka
linked to: Sanyo Shinkansen
lineLength_km about 515
managedBy JR Central Tokaido Shinkansen Company (internal division of JR Central)
maximumOperatingSpeed_kmh 285
nativeName 東海道新幹線
linked to: Tokaido Shinkansen
notableFeature pioneering high-speed rail line in Japan
renowned for high frequency of service
renowned for punctuality
notableFor heavy passenger usage
numberOfTracks 2
openedForService 1964
openedInContextOf 1964 Tokyo Olympics
openingDate 1964-10-01
operator Central Japan Railway Company
JR Central
owner Central Japan Railway Company
primaryRollingStockSeries N700A series
N700S series
routeFollows historical Tokaido corridor
safetyRecord no passenger fatalities due to train accidents in regular operation as of early 2020s
servicePattern Hikari
Kodama
Nozomi
serviceType high-speed passenger rail
startStation Tokyo Station
terminusStation Shin-Osaka Station
Tokyo Station
ticketingSystem reserved and non-reserved seating
trackGauge_mm 1435

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Shin-Osaka Station servedByLine Tokaido Shinkansen
Nagoya servedBy Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Tokyo Station serves Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Tokyo Station isTerminusOf Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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1964 Summer Olympics featuredInfrastructureProject Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed rail line
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Shiga hasRailConnection Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Chūbu region servedByRailway Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area servedBy Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Japanese National Railways introducedService Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Tōkaidō Main Line parallelTo Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan hasShinkansenStop Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Kyoto Station railwayLine Tokaido Shinkansen
Tokaido Shinkansen nativeName 東海道新幹線
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Nagoya Station servedBy Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Nagoya Station partOf Tōkaidō Shinkansen network
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Sanyo Shinkansen connectsWith Tokaido Shinkansen
Shinkansen high-speed rail network hasLine Tokaido Shinkansen
Osaka Metro Midosuji Line interchangeWith Tokaido Shinkansen at Shin-Osaka Station
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Mishima servedBy Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Western Japan traversedBy Tōkaidō Shinkansen
subject linked to: western Japan
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Shinagawa servedByRailwayLine Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Kakegawa, Japan servedByRailway Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Odawara Station servedByLine Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Yodogawa-ku, Osaka servedByRailwayLine Tokaido Shinkansen
0 Series Shinkansen enteredServiceOnLine Tokaido Shinkansen
0 Series Shinkansen usedOnLine Tokaido Shinkansen
Shizuoka City servedByRailway Tōkaidō Shinkansen
subject linked to: Shizuoka City, Japan
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中部地方 hasShinkansenLine 東海道新幹線
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Shinagawa Station railwayLine Tokaido Shinkansen
Shinagawa Station partOf Tokaido Shinkansen network
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Shizuoka hasTransportation Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Toyohashi servedByRailway Tokaido Shinkansen
Aichi Prefecture hasRailLine Tokaido Shinkansen
Tōmei Expressway parallelTo Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Tōkaidō modernSuccessor Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Osaka servedBy Tōkaidō Shinkansen
subject linked to: Osaka and Kyoto
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Hamamatsu hasTransportation Tōkaidō Shinkansen
subject linked to: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
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JR Tōkai operatesRailLine Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Nozomi operatesOnLine Tokaido Shinkansen
Hikari operatesOnLine Tokaido Shinkansen
N700S series railwayLineUsed Tokaido Shinkansen
Kansai servedByRailway Tokaido Shinkansen
subject linked to: Kansai, Japan
Kodama railwayLineUsed Tokaido Shinkansen
N700A series railwayLineUsed Tokaido Shinkansen
Shinkansen firstLine Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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Sanyō Shinkansen throughServicesWith Tōkaidō Shinkansen
subject linked to: Sanyō Shinkansen line
linked to: Tokaido Shinkansen
100 series Shinkansen usedOnLine Tokaido Shinkansen