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 Chūbu region ⓘ
surface form: Chubu region

Kansai region ⓘ
Kantō region ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
formerRollingStockSeries Japanese Shinkansen Series 0 car ⓘ
surface form: 0 series Shinkansen

100 series Shinkansen ⓘ
300 series Shinkansen ⓘ
700 series Shinkansen ⓘ
infrastructureType standard-gauge dedicated high-speed tracks ⓘ
interchangeWithLine Sanyo Shinkansen ⓘ
surface form: Sanyo Shinkansen at Shin-Osaka
lineLength_km about 515 ⓘ
managedBy Central Japan Railway Company ⓘ
surface form: JR Central Tokaido Shinkansen Company (internal division of JR Central)
maximumOperatingSpeed_kmh 285 ⓘ
nativeName Tokaido Shinkansen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Central Japan Railway Company ⓘ
surface form: 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 → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Tokyo Station → serves → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Tokyo Station → isTerminusOf → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
1964 Summer Olympics → featuredInfrastructureProject → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed rail line
Shiga → hasRailConnection → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Chūbu region → servedByRailway → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area → servedBy → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Japanese National Railways → introducedService → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Tōkaidō Main Line → parallelTo → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan → hasShinkansenStop → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Kyoto Station → railwayLine → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
Tokaido Shinkansen → nativeName → Tokaido Shinkansen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 東海道新幹線
Nagoya Station → servedBy → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Nagoya Station → partOf → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen network
Sanyo Shinkansen → connectsWith → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
Shinkansen high-speed rail network → hasLine → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
Osaka Metro Midosuji Line → interchangeWith → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tokaido Shinkansen at Shin-Osaka Station
Mishima → servedBy → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
western Japan → traversedBy → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Japan
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Shinagawa → servedByRailwayLine → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Kakegawa, Japan → servedByRailway → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Odawara Station → servedByLine → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Yodogawa-ku, Osaka → servedByRailwayLine → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
Japanese Shinkansen Series 0 car → enteredServiceOnLine → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
subject surface form: 0 Series Shinkansen
Japanese Shinkansen Series 0 car → usedOnLine → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
subject surface form: 0 Series Shinkansen
Shizuoka City, Japan → servedByRailway → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
subject surface form: Shizuoka City
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
中部地方 → hasShinkansenLine → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: 東海道新幹線
Shinagawa Station → railwayLine → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
Shinagawa Station → partOf → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tokaido Shinkansen network
Shizuoka → hasTransportation → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan → servedByRailway → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
subject surface form: Toyohashi
Aichi Prefecture → hasRailLine → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
Tōmei Expressway → parallelTo → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Tōkaidō → modernSuccessor → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Osaka and Kyoto → servedBy → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
subject surface form: Osaka
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan → hasTransportation → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
subject surface form: Hamamatsu
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
JR Tōkai → operatesRailLine → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Nozomi → operatesOnLine → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
Hikari → operatesOnLine → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
N700S series → railwayLineUsed → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
Kansai, Japan → servedByRailway → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
subject surface form: Kansai
Kodama → railwayLineUsed → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
N700A series → railwayLineUsed → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
Shinkansen → firstLine → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Sanyō Shinkansen line → throughServicesWith → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
subject surface form: Sanyō Shinkansen
this entity surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
100 series Shinkansen → usedOnLine → Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ