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Kyoto/Shin-Ōsaka – Kansai Airport: 1993– Hashidate - JR-West, Willer Trains: Kyoto – Amanohashidate, Toyooka 1965– Hida: refers to Hida: JR Central Ōsaka, Nagoya – Takayama, Hida Furukawa, Toyama: 1968– Hitachi: old name of Ibaraki Prefecture: JR East Shinagawa – Iwaki: 1969– Hitoyoshi: name of Hitoyohi, Kumamoto JR Kyushu ...
Shinkansen runs between these cities in about two hours or less. Tokyo – Osaka (515 km; 320 mi): Shinkansen is dominant because of fast (2 hours 22 minutes) and frequent service (up to every 10 minutes by Nozomi); however, air travel has a certain share (~20–30%).
Osaka Electric Tramway completed Ikoma Tunnel and started operating a line between Osaka and Nara (present-day Nara Line) on April 30, 1914. [1] The modern Kashihara, Osaka, and Shigi lines were completed in the 1920s, followed by the Kyoto Line (a cooperative venture with Keihan Electric Railway ).
The westernmost section between Osaka and Kōbe is part of the JR Kobe Line, which continues west to Himeji on the San'yō Main Line. Although Kōbe is the official terminus of the Tōkaidō Main Line, most trains continue to Nishi-Akashi, Himeji and beyond. : Trains stop at all times ｜: Trains pass at all times
The first Shinkansen line opened between Tokyo and Osaka in 1964, and trains can now make the journey in 2 hours and 25 minutes. [8] Additional Shinkansen lines connect Tokyo to Aomori , Niigata , Kanazawa , and Hakodate and Osaka to Fukuoka and Kagoshima , with new lines under construction to Tsuruga and Sapporo .
Nozomi (のぞみ, "Wish" or "Hope") is the fastest train service running on the Tokaido and San'yō Shinkansen lines in Japan. The service stops at only the largest stations, and services using N700 series equipment reach speeds of 300 km/h (186 mph) along the stretch between Shin-Ōsaka and Hakata.
From September 5, 1876 to the opening of Kyoto Station on February 6, 1877, Ōmiyadōri Temporary Station (大宮通仮停車場, Ōmiyadōri Kari Teishajō) was the station for the city of Kyoto. The temporary station was located at 40 chains (0.80 km) west of Kyoto Station construction site, or 3 miles and 47 chains (5.77 km) away from ...
The line runs between Sanjō Station in Kyoto and Yodoyabashi Station in Osaka. There are through services to the Keihan Ōtō Line and the Keihan Nakanoshima Line. Trains from Kyoto to Osaka are treated as "down" trains, and from Osaka to Kyoto as "up" trains.