Tokaido Shinkansen

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Shinkansen line high-speed railway line

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.

Aliases (5)

Tōkaidō Shinkansen ×13
Tokaido Shinkansen at Shin-Osaka Station ×1
Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed rail line ×1
Tōkaidō Shinkansen network ×1
東海道新幹線 ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Shinkansen line → high-speed railway line →
connectsCity	Kyoto → Nagoya → Osaka → Tokyo →
connectsRegion	Chubu region NERFINISHED → Kansai region → Kanto 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 NERFINISHED →
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 →
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 →
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 NERFINISHED →
terminusStation	Shin-Osaka Station NERFINISHED → Tokyo Station NERFINISHED →
ticketingSystem	reserved and non-reserved seating →
trackGauge_mm	1435 →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mishima ("Tōkaidō Shinkansen") → Nagoya ("Tōkaidō Shinkansen") → Nagoya Station ("Tōkaidō Shinkansen") → Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area ("Tōkaidō Shinkansen") →	servedBy
Sanyo Shinkansen →	connectsWith
1964 Summer Olympics ("Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed rail line") →	featuredInfrastructureProject
Shinkansen high-speed rail network →	hasLine
Shiga ("Tōkaidō Shinkansen") →	hasRailConnection
Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan ("Tōkaidō Shinkansen") →	hasShinkansenStop
Osaka Metro Midosuji Line ("Tokaido Shinkansen at Shin-Osaka Station") →	interchangeWith
Japanese National Railways ("Tōkaidō Shinkansen") →	introducedService
Tokyo Station ("Tōkaidō Shinkansen") →	isTerminusOf
Tokaido Shinkansen ("東海道新幹線") →	nativeName
Shinkansen high-speed rail network →	openedWithLine
Central Japan Railway Company →	operatesRailLine
Central Japan Railway Company →	ownsInfrastructure
Tōkaidō Main Line ("Tōkaidō Shinkansen") →	parallelTo
Nagoya Station ("Tōkaidō Shinkansen network") →	partOf
Kyoto Station →	railwayLine
Shin-Osaka Station →	servedByLine
Chūbu region ("Tōkaidō Shinkansen") →	servedByRailway
Shinagawa ("Tōkaidō Shinkansen") →	servedByRailwayLine
Tokyo Station ("Tōkaidō Shinkansen") →	serves
Western Japan ("Tōkaidō Shinkansen") →	traversedBy