Tōkaidō Shinkansen

The **Tōkaidō Shinkansen** () is a high speed railway line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Japan. It is also the first high speed railway line in the world, and it marked the start of the Shinkansen technology.

## Trains

There are three types of trains serving this route. When the Tōkaidō Shinkansen started operations in 1972, only _Hikari_ and _Kodama_ were serving this line. Among the two trains types, _Kodama_ trains stop at all stations, while the _Hikari_ trains skip some of the stations to make the travel shorter. In early 1990s, _Nozomi_ was added to the service. _Nozomi_ trains skips even more stations then the _Hikari_, which is now the fastest service on this route.

## Station

|style="border-bottom:3px solid orange;"|Station|style="border-bottom:3px solid orange;"|in Japanese|style="border-bottom:3px solid orange;"|Ward / City|style="border-bottom:3px solid orange;"|Distance (km) (from Tokyo)|style="border-bottom:3px solid orange;"|Transfers|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Tokyo|東京|Chiyoda, Tokyo|align=center|0.0|JR East: Tōhoku Shinkansen, Jōetsu Shinkansen, Hokuriku Shinkansen, Yamanote Line, Chūō Main Line, Sōbu Main Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Tōhoku Main Line, Takasaki Line, Jōban Line, Keiyō Line, Yokosuka Line Tokyo Metro: <span style="color:red">**○**</span>Marunouchi Line (M-17)|||||
|Shinagawa|品川|Minato, Tokyo|align=center|6.8|JR East: Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Yokosuka Line Keihin Electric Express Railway: Main Line|||||
|Shin-Yokohama|新横浜|Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama|align=center|25.5|JR East: Yokohama Line Yokohama Municipal Subway <span style="color:blue">**■**</span>Blue Line (No. 3 Line)|||||
|Odawara|小田原|Odawara, Kanagawa|align=center|76.7|JR East: Tōkaidō Main Line Odakyū Electric Railway: Odawara Line, Izu-Hakone Railway: Daiyuzan Line, Hakone Tozan Railway: Hakone Tozan Line|||||
|Atami|熱海|Atami, Shizuoka|align=center|95.4|JR East: Tōkaidō Main Line (for Tokyo), Ito Line, JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line (for Maibara)|||||
|Mishima|三島|Mishima, Shizuoka|align=center|111.3|JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line Izu-Hakone Railway: Sunzu Line|||||
|Shin-Fuji|新富士|Fuji, Shizuoka|align=center|135.0|(no railway)|||||
|Shizuoka|静岡|Aoi-ku, Shizuoka|align=center|167.4|JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line Shizuoka Railway: Shizuoka-Shimizu Line _(Shin-Shizuoka Station)_|||||
|Kakegawa|掛川|Kakegawa, Shizuoka|align=center|211.3|Central JR: Tōkaidō Main Line Tenryū-Hamanako Railway: Tenryū Hamanako Line|||||
|Hamamatsu|浜松|Hamamatsu, Shizuoka|align=center|238.9|JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line Enshu Railway: Enshu Railway Line _(Shin-Hamamatsu Station)_|||||
|Toyohashi|豊橋|Toyohashi, Aichi|align=center|274.2|JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line, Iida Line Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu): Nagoya Main Line, Toyohashi Railroad: Atsumi Line _(Shin-Toyohashi Station)_, Azumada Main Line _(tramway, Ekimae Station)_|||||
|Mikawa-Anjō|三河安城|Anjō, Aichi|align=center|312.8|JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line|||||
|Nagoya|名古屋|Nakamura-ku, Nagoya|align=center|342.0|JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line, Chūō Main Line, Kansai Main Line, Takayama Main Line Nagoya Subway: <span style="color:yellow">■</span>Higashiyama Line (H08), <span style="color:red">■</span>Sakura-dori Line (S02), Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu): Nagoya Main Line _(Meitetsu Nagoya Station)_, Kintetsu: Nagoya Line _(Kintetsu Nagoya Station)_, <span style="color:navy">■</span>Nagoya Seaside Rapid Railway: Aonami Line (AN01)|||||
|Gifu-Hashima|岐阜羽島|Hashima, Gifu|align=center|367.1|Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu): Meitetsu Hashima Line _(Shin-Hashima Station)_|||||
|Maibara|米原|Maibara, Shiga|align=center|408.2|JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line (for Atami), JR West: Tōkaidō Main Line (for Kyoto), Hokuriku Main Line Ohmi Railway: Main Line|||||
|Kyoto|京都|Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto|align=center|476.3|JR West: Tōkaidō Main Line, Kosei Line, San'in Main Line, Nara Line Kintetsu: Kyoto Line, Kyoto Municipal Subway: <span style="color:mediumseagreen">■</span>Karasuma Line (K11)|||||
|Shin-Ōsaka|新大阪|Yodogawa-ku, Osaka|align=center|515.4|JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen (runs through to Hakata Station), Tōkaidō Main Line Osaka Municipal Subway: <span style="color:#e7211a">■</span>Midōsuji Line (M13)|||||