Sanyo Shinkansen

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Sanyo Shinkansen is a high-speed railway line in Japan that connects Osaka with western Honshu cities such as Hiroshima and Fukuoka as part of the Shinkansen network.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Shinkansen line
high-speed railway line
connects Fukuoka NERFINISHED
Hiroshima
Osaka
connectsCity Fukuoka NERFINISHED
Hiroshima
Okayama NERFINISHED
Osaka NERFINISHED
Yamaguchi NERFINISHED
connectsWith Kyushu Shinkansen
Tokaido Shinkansen
country Japan
electrification AC 25 kV 60 Hz overhead catenary
endPoint Hakata Station NERFINISHED
gauge standard gauge
lineLength approximately 553.7 km
locatedIn Chugoku region NERFINISHED
Honshu
Kansai region
maximumSpeed 300 km/h
nativeName 山陽新幹線
nativeNameLanguage ja
opened 1972
openedSection Okayama–Hakata section
Shin-Osaka–Okayama section
openedSectionDate 1972-03-15
1975-03-10
operator JR West
West Japan Railway Company NERFINISHED
owner West Japan Railway Company NERFINISHED
partOf Shinkansen network
primaryUse passenger transport
signallingSystem Automatic Train Control
startingPoint Shin-Osaka Station NERFINISHED
status in operation
terminus Hakata Station NERFINISHED
Shin-Osaka Station NERFINISHED
throughServices Hikari
Kodama
Mizuho
Nozomi
Sakura
trackConfiguration double track
usesRollingStock 500 series Shinkansen
700 series Shinkansen
N700 series Shinkansen
N700A series Shinkansen
Rail Star 700 series

Referenced by (12)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Fukuoka ("Sanyō Shinkansen")
Osaka–Kobe metropolitan area ("Sanyō Shinkansen")
servedBy
Chūgoku region ("Sanyō Shinkansen")
Western Japan ("Sanyō Shinkansen")
traversedBy
Kyushu Shinkansen
connectsWith
Shinkansen high-speed rail network
hasLine
Tokaido Shinkansen ("Sanyo Shinkansen at Shin-Osaka")
interchangeWithLine
Sanyo Shinkansen ("山陽新幹線")
nativeName
JR West
operatesLine
JR West ("Nozomi (on Sanyo Shinkansen section)")
operatesService
JR West ("Sanyo Shinkansen tracks between Shin-Osaka and Hakata")
ownsInfrastructure
Shin-Osaka Station
servedByLine

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