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Nihonzaka Tunnel
is a tunnel on Tōkaidō Shinkansen that runs from Shizuoka Station and Kakegawa Station in 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 The Bohai Strait Tunnel or Dalian-Yantai Tunnel is a proposed undersea tunnel construction project across the Bohai Strait to connect Dalian on the Liaodong Peninsula with Yantai on the Shandong Peninsula. The official name for the project is Bo ... References External linksGov. maps.gsi.go.jp Railway tunnels in Japan [...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 San'yō Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opening in 1964, running between Tokyo Station, Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka Station, Shin-Ōsaka, it was the world's first high-speed rail line, and it remains one of the world's busiest. Since 1987, it has been operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), prior to that by Japanese National Railways (JNR). There are three types of services on the line: from fastest to slowest, they are the limited-stop ''Nozomi (train), Nozomi'', the semi-fast ''Hikari (train), Hikari'', and the all-stop ''Kodama (train), Kodama''. Many ''Nozomi'' and ''Hikari'' trains continue onward to the San'yō Shinkansen, going as far as Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Fukuoka's Hakata Station. The different services operate at mostly the same speed. The line was named a joint List o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shizuoka Station
is a railway station in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Brief Description Shizuoka Station is served by the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 180.2 rail km from Tokyo. Shizuoka Station is the biggest station in Shizuoka prefecture that 60 thousand people use this station per a day. All trains including the sleeper limited express Sunrise Seto and Sunrise Izumo stop here, and it is the starting and ending point of the limited express Fujikawa. Station layout Shizuoka Station has four platforms serving six tracks. Two island platforms with Tracks 1–4 serve the Tōkaidō Main Line trains, and long distance night trains. These platforms are connected with the station concourse via an underpass and are also connected at the same level to the Tōkaidō Shinkansen platforms. The Shinkansen station consists of two opposing side platforms serving two tracks, with two central tracks for non-stop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakegawa Station
is an interchange railway station in the city of Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is connected to the adjacent Tenryū-Hamanako Railway Kakegawa Station, which is located in a separate building. Lines Kakegawa Station is served by the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and the Tōkaidō Main Line and is from Tokyo Station. It is also the terminus for the Tenryū Hamanako Railroad Tenryū Hamanako Line and is located from the opposing terminus at Shinjohara Station. Layout JR Kakegawa Station has five platforms serving eight tracks. The Tōkaidō Main Line Track 1 is served by a side platform connected to the main station building's north exit and the Tenryū Hamanako Line station. It is used for departing both east and west. Track 2 and Track 3 are served by an island platform. Both platforms are connected to the station building by an underpass, which also connects to the two elevated side platforms used by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Japan Railway Company
is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and occasionally as JR Tokai (). The term ''Tōkai'' refers to the southern portion of Central Japan, the geographical region in which the company chiefly operates. JR Central's operational hub is Nagoya Station and the company's administrative headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers above the station. The busiest and longest railway line operated by JR Central is the Tōkaidō Main Line between and . The company also operates the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between and . Additionally it is responsible for the Chūō Shinkansen — a Maglev train, maglev service between Tokyo and Osaka, which is due to start operation between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2034. JR Central is Japan's most profitable and highest throughput high-speed-rail operator, carrying 138 million high-speed-rail passengers in 2009, considerably more than the world's l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
