Chūō Shinkansen

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The Chūō Shinkansen is Japan’s next-generation maglev high-speed rail line planned to connect Tokyo and Nagoya (and eventually Osaka) at ultra-high speeds using superconducting magnetic levitation technology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf maglev high-speed rail line
planned railway line
alignmentType largely tunnel-based route
alsoKnownAs Linear Chūō Shinkansen NERFINISHED
competesWith air travel between Tokyo and Nagoya
air travel between Tokyo and Osaka
constructionStartDate 2014
country Japan
electrification magnetic levitation
environmentalConcern energy consumption at very high speeds
tunneling impacts in mountain regions
fundingModel primarily financed by JR Central
gauge standard gauge
languageOfName Japanese
nameInJapanese 中央新幹線 NERFINISHED
operator Central Japan Railway Company NERFINISHED
JR Central NERFINISHED
plannedEndStationPhase1 Nagoya Station NERFINISHED
plannedExtensionEndStation Shin-Osaka Station NERFINISHED
plannedIntermediatePrefectures Gifu Prefecture NERFINISHED
Kanagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED
Mie Prefecture NERFINISHED
Nagano Prefecture NERFINISHED
Nara Prefecture NERFINISHED
Osaka Prefecture NERFINISHED
Yamanashi Prefecture NERFINISHED
plannedLineLengthPhase1 approximately 286 km
plannedLineLengthTokyoOsaka over 400 km
plannedMaximumOperatingSpeed 505 km/h
plannedOpeningPhase1 mid-2030s
plannedOpeningPhase2 after completion of Tokyo–Nagoya section
plannedRouteRegion Chūbu region NERFINISHED
Kansai region NERFINISHED
Kantō region NERFINISHED
plannedServiceType passenger-only
plannedStartStation Shinagawa Station NERFINISHED
plannedTestSpeedRecord 603 km/h
plannedTravelTimeTokyoNagoya about 40 minutes
plannedTravelTimeTokyoOsaka about 67 minutes
primaryPurpose high-speed intercity passenger transport
relief of Tōkaidō Shinkansen capacity
propulsion linear motor
regulator Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan NERFINISHED
relatedProject Yamanashi Maglev Test Line NERFINISHED
safetyFeature automatic train control
earthquake-resistant design
usesRollingStock L0 Series maglev NERFINISHED
usesTechnology superconducting magnetic levitation

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JR Tōkai developsProject Chūō Shinkansen