Tokaido Shinkansen
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The Tokaido Shinkansen is a Japanese high-speed rail line between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka. It is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network and, with the San'yō Shinkansen, forms a continuous high-speed c
An N700S series train on the Tokaido Shinkansen
A platform departure board in the late 1960s
A train passing Gifu-Hashima during snow
N700A series in September 2021
Nozomi (train)
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Nozomi is the fastest train service operating on Japan's Tōkaidō and San'yō Shinkansen lines. Nozomi services reach speeds of up to 300 kilometres per hour between Shin-Ōsaka and Hakata. The fastest N
Tokaido Shinkansen
…systems. Operation passed from Japanese National Railways (JNR) to JR Central when JNR was privatized in 1987. Three service types operate: the fastest Nozomi, the limited-stop Hikari, and the all-stations Kodama. Many Nozomi and Hikari trains continue west over the San'yō Shinkansen, some as far as Hakata…
N700A series, September 2014
300 series, February 2011