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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 ...
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
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 ).
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 ...
Between stations from Osaka Local Rapid Special Rapid Ward, City Prefecture Through service to/from the JR Kyoto Line; Tokaido Main Line JR-A47 Osaka: 大阪 - 0.0 JR Kyoto Line (Tokaido Main Line) JR Takarazuka Line (JR-G47) Osaka Loop Line (JR-O11) Osaka Higashi Line (JR-F01) JR Tōzai Line (JR-H44:Kitashinchi Station)
The predecessor for the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines was originally conceived at the end of the 1930s as a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge dangan ressha (bullet train) between Tokyo and Shimonoseki, which would have taken nine hours to cover the nearly 1,000-kilometer (620 mi) distance between the two cities.
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.