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Nihonzaka Tunnel
is a tunnel on Tōkaidō Shinkansen that runs from Shizuoka Station and Kakegawa Station in Shizuoka (city), Shizuoka city, Shizuoka Prefecture with total length of 2.174 km. It was built and completed in 1964. See also * List of tunnels in Japan * Seikan Tunnel undersea tunnel between Honshu-Hokkaido islands * Kanmon Railway Tunnel undersea tunnel between Honshu-Kyushu islands * Sakhalin–Hokkaido Tunnel * Bohai Strait tunnel References External linksGov. maps.gsi.go.jp Railway tunnels in Japan Tunnels completed in 1964 Tōkaidō Shinkansen {{Japan-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the Sanyo Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opened in 1964, running between Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka, it is Japan's first high-speed rail line. Along with being the world's oldest high-speed rail line, it is also one of the most heavily used. Since 1987 it has been operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), prior to that by Japanese National Railways (JNR). It is also called the Kyoto Express due to other previous services for this high-speed train and operating from Tokyo to Kyoto. There are three types of services on the line: from fastest to slowest, they are the limited-stop '' Nozomi'', the semi-fast ''Hikari'', and the all-stop '' Kodama''. Many ''Nozomi'' and ''Hikari'' trains continue onward to the San'yō Shinkansen, going as far as Fukuoka's Hakata Station. The line was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
