Tōkaidō Shinkansen
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A JR West N700 series train passing Maibara Station on the Tokaido Shinkansen in January 2011
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| Overview | |||
| Native name | 東海道新幹線 | ||
| Type | Shinkansen | ||
| Locale | Japan | ||
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Tokyo Shin-Osaka |
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| Stations | 17 | ||
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| Opened | 1 October 1964 | ||
| Owner | JR Central | ||
| Operator(s) | JR Central | ||
| Depot(s) | Tokyo, Mishima, Nagoya, Osaka | ||
| Rolling stock | 700 series N700 series |
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| Line length | 515.4 km (320.3 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Electrification | 25 kV AC, 60 Hz, overhead catenary | ||
| Operating speed | 285 km/h (175 mph) | ||
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The Tōkaidō Shinkansen (東海道新幹線?) is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen line, opened in 1964 between Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka. Since 1987 it has been operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), prior to that by Japanese National Railways (JNR). It is the most heavily travelled high-speed rail route in the world by far; its cumulative ridership of 5.3 billion passengers dwarfs all other systems and lines worldwide.
The line was named a joint Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark and IEEE Milestone by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2000.
There are three types of trains on the line: from fastest to slowest, they are the Nozomi, Hikari, and Kodama. Many Nozomi and Hikari trains continue onward to the Sanyō Shinkansen, going as far as Fukuoka's Hakata Station.
700 series and N700 series train sets operate on the line in any of the three service patterns. The Hikari run from Tokyo to Osaka took four hours in 1964; this was shortened to 3 hours 10 minutes in 1965. With the introduction of high-speed Nozomi service in 1992, the travel time was shortened to 2 hours 30 minutes. The introduction of N700 series trains in 2007 further reduced the Nozomi travel time to 2 hours 25 minutes. As of 14 March 2015[update], after a speed increase to 285 km/h (177 mph), the fastest Nozomi service now takes 2 hours 22 minutes from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka.
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