Shinkansen high-speed rail network

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high-speed rail network rail transport system

The Shinkansen high-speed rail network is Japan’s renowned bullet train system, known for its fast, frequent, and punctual intercity rail services connecting major cities across the country.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Shinkansen network 2
Shinkansen high-speed rail 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf high-speed rail network ⓘ
rail transport system ⓘ
connectsCity Fukuoka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hiroshima ⓘ
Kanazawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nagoya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niigata NERFINISHED ⓘ
Osaka ⓘ
Sapporo ⓘ
Sendai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
electrification 25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ
hasLine Akita Shinkansen ⓘ
Hokkaido Shinkansen ⓘ
Hokuriku Shinkansen ⓘ
Jōetsu Shinkansen ⓘ
surface form: Joetsu Shinkansen

Kyushu Shinkansen ⓘ
Sanyo Shinkansen ⓘ
Tōhoku Shinkansen ⓘ
surface form: Tohoku Shinkansen

Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
Yamagata Shinkansen ⓘ
inception 1964 ⓘ
infrastructureType dedicated high-speed tracks ⓘ
knownAs bullet train system ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
nativeName Shinkansen ⓘ
surface form: 新幹線
notableFor high frequency of service ⓘ
punctuality ⓘ
safety record ⓘ
openedWithLine Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
operator JR Central NERFINISHED ⓘ
JR East NERFINISHED ⓘ
JR Hokkaido ⓘ
Kyushu Railway Company ⓘ
surface form: JR Kyushu

JR West ⓘ
Japan Railways Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalOperator Japanese National Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryHub Tokyo Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose intercity passenger transport ⓘ
rollingStockFamily Japanese Shinkansen Series 0 car ⓘ
surface form: Series 0 Shinkansen

Series E5 Shinkansen ⓘ
Series E6 Shinkansen ⓘ
Series E7 Shinkansen ⓘ
N700 series Shinkansen ⓘ
surface form: Series N700 Shinkansen
safetyRecord no passenger fatalities from train accidents in commercial service as of early 21st century ⓘ
secondaryHub Hakata Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nagoya Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shin-Osaka Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shinagawa Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
ticketingSystem reserved seating system ⓘ
unreserved seating cars ⓘ
topSpeedClassService 320 km/h ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese National Railways → operatedService → Shinkansen high-speed rail network ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shinkansen high-speed rail
Kyushu Shinkansen → partOf → Shinkansen high-speed rail network ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shinkansen network
Sanyo Shinkansen → partOf → Shinkansen high-speed rail network ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shinkansen network
Shin-Osaka Station → partOfNetwork → Shinkansen high-speed rail network ⓘ