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English: Therefore, it is supposed that, in the section, only two passenger trains and two cargo trains an hour will be able to run in one direction.
Japanese: そのため、同区間では片道あたり新幹線・貨物それぞれ2本/時しか走らせることができないと予想されている。
English: As a measure to alleviate this bottleneck situation, the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR-Hokkaido) has investigated developing special trains (trains on trains) that can load the cargo trains on the existing regular railway line as they are.
Japanese: 北海道旅客鉄道ではこのボトルネックを緩和する方法の1つとして、在来線の貨車をそのまま搭載する専用列車（トレイン・オン・トレイン）の研究が進められている。
English: One reason for this is the historical situation that a Shinkansen line was originally constructed as a new railway line additional to the regular railway line having been operated in parallel with it, and another reason is to avoid fare calculation from becoming complicated.
Japanese: これは元来新幹線が並行在来線の別線増設として建設されたという歴史的経緯や、運賃計算の繁雑化を避けた事によるものである。
English: Note: 'regular railway lines being operated in parallel' indicate the Tokaido main line for the Tokaido Shinkansen line, the Tokaido main line, Sanyo main line and Kagoshima main line for the Sanyo Shinkansen line, the Tohoku main line for the section between Tokyo Station and Morioka Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen line, (the Tohoku main line), the Takasaki line, Joetsu line and Shinetsu main line for the Joetsu Shinkansen line, and the Kagoshima main line for the section between Sendai Station (located in Kagoshima Prefecture) and the Kagoshima-Chuo Station on the Kyushu Shinkansen line.
Japanese: 注「並行在来線」とは、東海道新幹線では東海道本線、山陽新幹線では東海道本線・山陽本線・鹿児島本線、東北新幹線の東京駅-盛岡駅間では東北本線、上越新幹線では（東北本線）・高崎線・上越線・信越本線、九州新幹線の川内駅(鹿児島県)-鹿児島中央駅間では鹿児島本線のこと。
English: A Shinkansen line and the corresponding regular railway line operated in parallel with it are basically considered the same route ('幹在同一視' (kanzaidoitsushi in pronunciation) in abbreviation).
Japanese: 新幹線と並行在来線は原則として同一路線とみなされる（「幹在同一視」）。
English: Therefore, the fare is basically the same for the same section regardless of whether a Shinkansen line is used or the corresponding regular line is used (there are some exceptions as described later).
Japanese: そのため、新幹線を利用した場合と在来線を利用した場合とで基本的に運賃は変わらない（後述するように例外もある）。
English: Fares for sections including the section between Iwakuni Station and Kushigahama Station on the Sanyo main line are calculated specially using the railway length of the Gantoku Line as the distance between the two stations (a special route section), and this special calculation is also applied to fares on the Sanyo Shinkansen line.
Japanese: 山陽本線には岩国駅-櫛ヶ浜駅間を含む区間について岩徳線経由のキロ数で運賃を計算する特例がある（経路特定区間）が、山陽新幹線にもこの特例が適用される。
English: When a Shinkansen station is not connected to a station on the regular railway line operated in parallel, the nearest (corresponding) station on the regular railway line is used for calculating route distances (for example, Hanamaki Station is used for calculating the route distance for Shin-Hanamaki Station).
Japanese: 並行在来線と接しない新幹線駅については、それに最も近い（もしくは対応する）並行在来線の駅に相当するものとして営業キロを定める（例新花巻駅は花巻駅の営業キロを用いる）。
English: When a 'JR line operated in parallel' has become unused because (a portion of) a regular railway line operated in parallel has been abolished or has been transferred to a joint public-private venture railway company (for examples, the section from Takasaki Station to Karuizawa Station to Nagano Station on the Nagano Shinkansen line, the section between Morioka Station and Hachinohe Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen line, and the section between Shin-Yatsushiro Station and Sendai Station on the Kyushu Shinkansen line), the actual route distance is used for the fare calculation.
Japanese: 並行在来線（の一部）が廃止されたり第三セクター鉄道に転換されたりして「並行するJR線」が消滅した区間（長野新幹線の高崎駅-軽井沢駅-長野駅間・東北新幹線の盛岡駅-八戸駅間・九州新幹線の新八代駅-川内駅間）については、実際のキロ数を営業キロとする。
English: Based on the principle of kanzaidoitsushi, the route for a regular train ticket in one direction cannot include both a Shinkansen line section and a section on the regular railway in parallel with the Shinkansen line section.
Japanese: 幹在同一視の原則により、普通乗車券片道乗車券の経路に新幹線とそれに対応する区間の並行在来線の両方を含む事はできない。
English: For example, when you travel from Nagoya Station to Shizuoka Station (on the Shinkansen line) and to Yaizu Station, you cannot buy a one-way regular ticket for Nagoya to Yaizu because the section between the Shizuoka Station and the Yaizu Stations double, and you have to buy a ticket between Nagoya and Shizuoka and another one between Shizuoka and Yaizu (it is possible to buy a regular train ticket for a connected train ride).
Japanese: 例として名古屋駅→（新幹線）→静岡駅→焼津駅と乗車する場合、静岡-焼津間が重複となるため1枚の片道乗車券にはできず、名古屋→静岡と静岡→焼津の別々の乗車券が必要である（普通乗車券連続乗車券にする事もできる）。
English: On the other hand, when a Shinkansen line section and the corresponding regular railway line operated in parallel with it must be considered always the same, cases disadvantageous to passengers are generated, and the following exceptions are provided.
Japanese: 一方、新幹線と並行在来線とを完全に同一視すると旅客にとって不利になる場合を考慮して、以下のような例外がある。
English: If a Shinkansen section includes no Shinkansen station connected with the regular railway line operated in parallel with the Shinkansen line, the section is dealt with a separate route (for example, the section from Shinagawa to Shin-Yokohama to Odawara).
Japanese: 並行在来線と接しない新幹線駅を含む区間（例：品川-新横浜-小田原）については別の路線として扱う。
English: For example, when you travel from Osaka Station to Shin-Osaka to Nagoya (using the Shinkansen line) and to Ogaki Station, a one-way ticket for the entire route can be purchased, without the section between Nagoya and Ogaki counted as duplicated.
Japanese: 例えば大阪駅→新大阪駅→（新幹線）→名古屋→大垣駅と乗車する場合は、名古屋-大垣間を重複とせず全体を1枚の片道乗車券にする事ができる。
English: In the section from Shin-Shimonoseki Station to Kokura Station (located in Fukuoka Prefecture) and to Hakata Station, the company operating the Shinkansen line and that operating the regular line are different, JR West and JR Kyushu, respectively, and therefore, the section is handled differently from other sections.
Japanese: また山陽新幹線の新下関駅-小倉駅(福岡県)-博多駅間については、新幹線（JR西日本）と在来線（JR九州）とで管理する会社が異なることから、他の区間とは扱いが異なっている。
English: This is because, although an additional amount of money corresponding to the traveling distance is added to fares on the regular railway line to the west of Shimonoseki, operated by JR Kyushu, such an amount of money is not added on the Shinkansen line operated by JR West.
Japanese: JR九州管内となる下関以西の在来線では乗車距離に応じた加算額が課されるのに対し、JR西日本管轄の新幹線ではそれがないため。
English: Because fares for the same section are different, the condition for selling one-way tickets are rather complicated.
Japanese: 運賃が異なることに起因して、片道乗車券の発売条件の判定がかなり煩雑である。
English: When the rule is applied strictly, there exist routes for which no one-way ticket nor connected train ride ticket can be bought.
Japanese: 規則を厳密に解釈すると、条件によっては片道乗車券でも連続乗車券でも発売できない経路が存在する。
English: For more information, refer to Article 16-2 and Article 16-3 and Article 16-4 of the Regulations on Passenger Operations.
Japanese: 詳しくは、旅客営業規則第16条の2、第16条の3及び第16条の4を参照。
English: Limited express train fees for the Shinkansen lines (except the Yamagata and Akita Shinkansen lines) are not determined corresponding to distance in kilometers as for limited express trains on the regular railway lines but between stations, or in the so-called triangular table format.
Japanese: 新幹線（山形・秋田新幹線を除く）の特別急行券は、乗車券や在来線の特急列車のような対キロ制ではなく、各駅の区間ごとに決められた、いわゆる三角表方式となっている。
English: Concerning connected train rides between a Shinkansen line and a regular railway line, there is a system in which the limited express fees or express fees are halved in certain conditions (the Shinkansen lines to which a fare system for connected train rides are applied).
Japanese: 新幹線と在来線の乗り継ぎについては、一定の条件で在来線の特急・急行料金を半額に割り引く制度がある（乗り継ぎ料金制度新幹線）。
English: Many destinations could be reached riding on a (for example, limited express) train before Shinkansen lines started their operations, but after their operations were started, it has become necessary to ride on more than one train (for example, a Shinkansen train and a limited-express) to reach these destinations, and this system has originally been introduced to alleviate increases in total limited express fees in such cases.
Japanese: これは、新幹線が開業する前は1本の（特急等の）列車で済んでいたものが、開業したことによって複数の（新幹線と特急等の）列車に分割されることによる合計後の特急料金等の負担増を軽減することをそもそもの目的として設けられたものである。
English: From the viewpoint of systems, the Yamagata and Akita Shinkansen lines are provided with the special nature that trains are operated through both a Shinkansen line and a regular railway line.
Japanese: なお、制度上在来線である山形新幹線と秋田新幹線については、新在直通運転を行うという特殊性をもている。
English: When train use is limited within between Fukushima Station (located in Fukushima Prefecture) and Shinjo Station or between Morioka Station and Akita Station:
Japanese: 福島駅(福島県)-新庄駅の区間内相互間、および盛岡駅-秋田駅の区間内相互間での利用の場合
English: To the limited express fee for the section of the Tohoku Shinkansen line you ride, the limited express fee corresponding to the travel distance on the regular railway line is added.
Japanese: 東北新幹線区間の特急料金に、在来線区間の乗車距離に応じた特定の特急料金を加算する。
English: This fee on the regular railway line is between the A limited-express fee and the fee in the case in which the connected ride discount is applied to.
Japanese: この在来線区間の料金は、通常のA特急料金とそれに乗継割引を適用した金額との中間的な額になっている。
English: The Kyushu Shinkansen line is provided with no connected ride discount, but when you get off a Shinkansen train at Shin-Yatsushiro Station and ride on a limited express on the Kagoshima main line there, without exiting from the entrance/exit gate, a special limited express fee covering both train rides is applied.
Japanese: また、九州新幹線には乗継割引の制度がないが、新八代で鹿児島本線の特急列車と改札を出ずに乗り継ぐ場合は、両方の列車を通じて特定の特急料金を適用する。
English: However, this rule is not applied when you change from a limited express on the Kagoshima main line to a train on the Sanyo Shinkansen line.
Japanese: ただし、鹿児島本線の特急列車からさらに山陽新幹線に乗り継ぐ場合はこの取扱いをしない。
English: However, corresponding to deregulations, airline companies started to offer various discount fares ordinarily (for example, hayawari (discounts for very early reservations), tokuwari (special discounts), gekiwari (drastic discounts), and special discount fares including hotel charges in tie-ups with travel agencies).
Japanese: しかいながら、航空会社の規制緩和による各種割引運賃の一般化（早割、特割、激割など）や、さらに旅行会社とタイアップして宿泊料金込みで格安の料金を打ち出して来る。
English: The current state of Shinkansen cannot compete effectively with such air services in the aspect of fares.
Japanese: このような航空便に対し、事実上、値段（運賃）の面では太刀打ちできなくなっているのが現状である。
English: The systems of preferentially treating frequent airline users are provided, offering high level services, such as giving them bonus mileage, providing special lounges, or discounting hotel charges at their destinations.
Japanese: 高頻度の利用客に対し通常より多いボーナスマイルや専用ラウンジの用意、渡航先宿泊の割引など高いサービスを与えて優遇する制度がある。
English: A point service has started for Express members, but its contents are still by far inferior to those by airlines in the aspect of preferential services to frequent users.
Japanese: エクスプレス会員に対しポイントシステムを開始しているが、そのサービス内容や、高頻度利用客への優遇サービスは格段の違いがある。
English: Therefore, concerning security, it can also be said that a sense of insecurity remains for Shinkansen use.
Japanese: そのため、セキュリティの面で不安感が残っている点も不利であるともいえる。
English: However, Shinkansen has the following superiority: changes to discount tickets are allowed, access to departure places is easier, a through fare is applied when a JR line is used consecutively, lots of trains are available and operated as scheduled, and no cumbersome procedure of baggage checks is necessary nor restriction on things to be brought on board is imposed.
Japanese: しかし、新幹線には、割引料金に対する予約変更の優位性、発車場所へのアクセス性、前後のアクセスにJR線を利用する場合に運賃通算が可能、本数（輸送力）の多さと定時性、手荷物検査や持込品目の制限などの煩雑さがない優位性がある。
English: To compete with airline companies, the following efforts have been made: Specially planned tickets offering large discount rates are sold centered on the sections in competition with airline routes, 'Express reservations' with a JR Tokai express card and J-WEST card (Express) are offered on the Tokaido line and Sanyo Shinkansen line that are used by many business customers, and in the Tohoku, Joetsu and Nagano Shinkansen lines, discount limited-express tickets are sold on an Internet reservation basis for the members of the operating company.
Japanese: 航空会社との対抗については、航空路線と競合する区間を中心に割引率の大きい特別企画乗車券の発売や、ビジネス客の多い東海道・山陽新幹線ではJR東海エクスプレス・カードとJ-WESTカード（エクスプレス）による「エクスプレス予約」、東北や上越・長野新幹線では「えきねっと」といった、運行会社自身の会員制インターネット予約による割引特急券の発売が行われている。
English: In particular, the operation start of the Kobe airport and the Kita-Kyushu airport in 2006 significantly affected the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines.
Japanese: とりわけ2006年の神戸空港や北九州空港の開港は、競合する東海道・山陽新幹線への影響が大きかった。
English: Therefore, JR Tokai and JR West, having frequently confronted each other, have started cooperating more strongly: For example, the coverage of the 'Express reservation' has been expanded to the Sanyo Shinkansen line, and the N700 series train-cars, the next generation train-cars aiming at a high performance of 300-km/h operations and at passenger comfort exceeding that of the 700 series train-cars, have been developed jointly.
Japanese: そのため、「エクスプレス予約」の山陽新幹線への拡大、300km/hの高速性能と700系車両を上回る居住性の両立を目指した次世代車両であるN700系車両の共同開発など、それまで対立の多かったJR東海とJR西日本両社は連携を強化する体制に転換しつつある。
English: Against this, airline companies have taken the measures of enabling reserved tickets to be changed between Tokyo and Osaka and of introducing discount round tickets usable for any airline also between Tokyo and Osaka.
Japanese: 一方、航空会社も東京-大阪間でのみ使える予約変更自由、航空会社選択自由のシャトル便往復割引を導入して迎え撃っている。
English: In addition, they also take into account that the transportation capacities will be increased by the provision of an additional runway in the Tokyo international airport and the shortening of flying time due to the partial return to Japan of the Yokota air space will further enhance their competitiveness.
Japanese: そのほか、東京国際空港の滑走路増設による発着能力増強や、横田空域の一部返還により、更なる所要時間短縮による競争力強化が見込まれている。
English: Furthermore, they also have tie-ups with railway companies having the railway lines to access airports, such as Keihin Electric Express Railway Co., Ltd and Nagoya Railroad.
Japanese: また、京浜急行電鉄や名古屋鉄道といった空港連絡鉄道路線を持つ鉄道各社とのタイアップも行っている。
English: Many of the railway lines owned by these railway companies are in competition with regular lines of the JR companies, possibly affecting the tie-ups as well.
Japanese: これらの鉄道会社が保有する路線の多くは、JRの在来線と競合しているため、その影響もあると見られている。
English: However, these services are also considered inferior to the corresponding ones by airlines in the following points: They are for member card-based ones mainly for business customers, and since each JR company operates its own service system independently, a member of a JR company cannot get a ticket nor a discount ticket of another JR company, and therefore, the services are considered exclusive ones.
Japanese: しかしながら、主にビジネス客向けの会員カード制である点や、それぞれ各社が独立して運営しているので、JR同士であっても会社が異なると発券や割引が受けられないといったことが起きている点は、閉鎖的なサービスとみられ、航空会社のそれに比べると劣っているともいえる。
English: On the Sanyo Shinkansen line, Hakata Station, its terminal station, is located close to Hakata airport.
Japanese: なお山陽新幹線においては、終点である博多駅と福岡空港がほぼ隣接している。
English: Due to this nature not seen in other areas, competition between the Shinkansen line and airline companies has become intensified for the transportation between Fukuoka and Nagoya.
Japanese: このような他の地域にはない特徴もあり、福岡-名古屋間では新幹線と航空会社との競争が非常に激化している。
English: In the past, competition between Fukuoka and Osaka was furious, but the railway side has been regaining ground, for example, by introducing 'Hikari Rail Star.'
Japanese: 福岡-大阪間は従来競争が激しかったが、「ひかりレールスター」の登場などにより、鉄道側の巻き返しが見られる。
English: Since the Tokaido Shinkansen line started operation, limited expresses of the Kinki Nippon Railway Company (Kintetsu Railway), Tobu Railway Co., Ltd., Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd., and of Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) have competed with trains on the Shinkansen line.
Japanese: 東海道新幹線の開業以来、新幹線と競合した私鉄特急としては、近畿日本鉄道（近鉄）、東武鉄道、小田急電鉄、名古屋鉄道（名鉄）の特急があった。
English: No limited express of the private railway companies can compete with trains on the Shinkansen line in traveling time, and these companies have competed with Shinkansen lines in the aspects of cheaper fares and fees, of better station locations and of offering more comfortable train rides.
Japanese: 私鉄特急はいずれの場合も、到達時間では新幹線に太刀打ちできないので、運賃・料金の割安さ、駅の立地、車両の居住性などで対抗することになった。
English: On the Osaka side in particular, limited expresses of Kintetsu Railway as well have an advantageous point in that, although Shin-Osaka, the terminal station of the Shinkansen line, is located far from the Minami area, the station for the limited expresses (for example, Nanba Station) is located within walking distance from the area.
Japanese: 大阪側では、特に新幹線ターミナルの新大阪から離れたミナミに対しては、乗換を必要としないエリア（なんばなど）があることなどの意味で、近鉄特急にも優位性がある。
English: Initially, because the differences in the fares and fees were small and there were differences in their traveling time, more and more passengers came to use the Shinkansen line, and the limited express business continued to be sluggish until the first half of 1970s, except in 1970 when the Osaka Expo was held.
Japanese: 当初は運賃・料金でも差が小さかったことや、到達時間の差などから客を新幹線に次々と奪われ、大阪万博のあった1970年を除き、1970年代前半までは低迷が続いた。
English: Therefore, the Mei-Han (Nagoya - Osaka) non-stop limited express (Ko-Tokkyu) was forced to be operated in two train-car organizations using general-purpose train-cars.
Japanese: 近鉄の名阪ノンストップ特急（甲特急）は汎用車両の2両編成による運行を余儀なくされた。
English: However, from disgust at repeated increases in fares and fees and also at repeated strikes in the JNR lines in the decade starting in 1975, customers using the Kintetsu limited expresses, instead of the Shinkansen line, increased between Nagoya and Osaka, centered on the non-business customers who were not focused on the traveling time.
Japanese: しかし、昭和50年代には、国鉄の頻発する運賃・料金の値上げとストライキに対する嫌気から、名古屋-大阪間においては、特に急がない個人客を中心に、新幹線から近鉄特急への乗客移行が多く見られた。
English: In this situation, entering the 1980s, use of three train-car organizations, later six train-car organizations, was restored, but only general-use train-cars continued being used for operation.
Japanese: このことにより1980年代に入ると同区間の近鉄特急も3両編成、後には6両編成にまで復調したが、運用される車両は汎用車両のままであった。
English: After that, 100 series train-cars were introduced in 1985, and as the competitiveness of the Tokaido Shinkansen line was enhanced by the inauguration of JR Tokai in 1987, new train-cars, the '21000 series Kintetsu train-car,' were introduced for the Kintetsu limited expresses in 1988.
Japanese: その後、100系車両の投入（1985年）とJR東海の発足（1987年）による東海道新幹線の競争力強化を受けて、1988年に近鉄特急も新型車両「近鉄21000系電車」を投入した。
English: In the decade starting in 2000, another new train-car, the '21020 series Kintetsu train-cars' were introduced, 'Urban Liner' was upgraded to 'Urban Liner plus' and Meihan Marutoku Kippu Ticket, a discount ticket, was introduced.
Japanese: 2000年代には更なる新型車両「近鉄21020系電車」投入や「アーバンライナー」の「アーバンライナーplus」へのリニューアルを実施、運賃面でも割引乗車券の名阪まる得きっぷが導入された。
English: On the other hand, in the sections, for example, in the Ise-Shima area and the Nara area, where no competition with the Shinkansen line exists, the Tokaido Shinkansen line and the limited expresses of Kintetsu are rather in a complementary relationship with each other.
Japanese: 一方では、伊勢志摩・奈良方面など、新幹線と競合しない区間では、むしろ東海道新幹線と近鉄特急は補完関係ですらある。
English: When the Tokaido Shinkansen line started its operation in 1964, Kintetsu took the strategies of nurturing its limited express network as a route for cultivating the Shinkansen line and of luring passengers arriving at Osaka, Kyoto or Nagoya on the Shinkansen line to the sight-seeing spots along its railway lines.
Japanese: 1964年の東海道新幹線開業で、近鉄は自社特急網を新幹線の培養ルートとして育成し、新幹線で大阪・京都・名古屋に到達した旅客を自社沿線の観光地へ誘致する戦略を採った。
English: In the Ise-Shima area, there still remains competition with the 'Mie' trains on the regular railway line, but, of the specially planned train tickets by JR Tokai, some specify the Kintetsu line, instead of the Nara line of JR West, to go to the Nara area from Kyoto Station on the Hankinson line.
Japanese: 伊勢志摩方面ではまだ在来線列車「みえ(列車)」との競合も見られるが、JR東海の特別企画乗車券の中には、新幹線と接続する京都駅から奈良方面への移動にJR西日本の奈良線ではなく、近鉄線を指定しているものも存在する。
English: It is also true that, between Nagoya and Osaka, the limited expresses of Kintetsu function as an alternative route to be used when the operation of the Shinkansen line stops, for example, due to a disaster.
Japanese: もっとも名古屋-大阪間については新幹線が災害などで運転を見合わせた場合の代替路線の機能を果たしている。
English: Competitive situations exist in some areas from Tokyo Prefecture and the southern part of Saitama Prefecture to Tochigi Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture.
Japanese: 東京都・埼玉県南部-栃木県・群馬県の一部地域について、競合が見られる。
English: However, contrary to the limited expresses of Kintetsu described above, it cannot be said that limited expresses of Tobu are always dominant, except such areas as the Kinugawa hot-spring in Nikko City and Akagi-yama Mountain in Ashikaga City, where limited expresses, such as Spacia 'Ryomo,' were operated (to reach these areas using a Shinkansen line, another train on a regular railway line or private railway line or a bus must be utilized).
Japanese: ただし、上述の近鉄特急と異なり、日光市・鬼怒川温泉・足利市・赤城山など、スペーシア・「りょうもう」などといった特急が直接乗り入れる箇所（新幹線では在来線や私鉄・バス等との乗換えが必要）を除き、必ずしも東武特急は優勢とはいえない。
English: It is said that this is because, although the Tokyo-side departure station on the Shinkansen line is located in the city center, those of Tobu are located on the eastern part of the city (the so-called shitamachi area), such as Asakusa and Kita-Senju.
Japanese: 東京側の発着地が都心にある新幹線と異なり、東武は浅草・北千住という東側に偏った位置（下町）にあることなどが主因とされる。
English: The situation had been the same even before 1991when the Tohoku Shinkansen and Joetsu Shinkansen line were extended to Tokyo Station.
Japanese: なお、東北・上越新幹線が東京駅に乗り入れる1991年以前から、この様な状況であった。
English: It is considered that a factor was that only few of the 'Kinu' and 'Kegon' limited expresses stopped at stations in Tochigi Prefecture at that time.
Japanese: 当時「きぬ」「けごん」で栃木県内の途中駅で停車するものが少なかったことなども一因と考えられる。
English: However, limited expresses of Tobu have advantages in cheaper fares and fees, in riding comfort and in-train equipment (provided with a buffet, and a jukebox in the era when the 1720 series Tobu train-cars were used), and in the ease of riding on subway trains on the Tokyo side.
Japanese: ただし、運賃・料金の割安感や乗り心地・車内設備（新幹線では廃止されたビュッフェや、東武1720系電車時代ではジュークボックスなど）、東京側での地下鉄との乗り換えなどにおいては、東武特急にも優位性がある。
English: In addition, some limited expresses are operated through the railways of JR East and that of Tobu, and therefore, it cannot be simply said that they are in a competitive situation.
Japanese: また、JR東日本との特急直通運転化がされており、一概に対立しているとはいいがたい。
English: However, the operation of the 'Hakone' Romance Car trains have not been affected much by the start of operation of the Shinkansen line due to the following reasons and it can be said that the trains concerning both companies are operated harmoniously: A large difference exists in the fares, the features are different in that the Romance Car trains travel up to Hakone, and the terminal stations on the Tokyo side are different (Tokyo station for the Shinkansen line and Shinjuku for the Odakyu line).
Japanese: ただ、運賃格差の大きさと箱根方面への輸送を含むというその性質の差、それに東京側ターミナルの違い（新幹線・東京駅、小田急・新宿駅）などが作用して、新幹線の開業によって大きな影響があるとはいい難く、棲み分けがなされているとも看做せる。
English: The Shonan-Shinjuku line of JR East, rather than the Shinkansen line, would be a direct competitor of the Romance car trains.
Japanese: むしろ新幹線よりもJR東日本の湘南新宿ラインが直接の競合相手といえる。
English: In addition, the 'Asagiri' train of the Odakyu line has been operated through the Odakyu railway line and Gotenba railway line of JR Tokai, which operates the Tokaido Shinkansen line, since the era of JNR, and therefore, it is difficult to consider that they are in a competitive situation.
Japanese: また東海道新幹線を運営するJR東海とは、国鉄時代から継続して小田急線から御殿場線に乗り入れる「あさぎり(列車)」を設定するなどしており、対立が生じているとは看做しにくい。
English: However, only two 'Kodama' trains and a 'Hikari' train an hour stop at the Toyohashi Station on the Shinkansen line.
Japanese: しかし、豊橋駅に停車する新幹線は毎時2本の「こだま」と2時間に1本の「ひかり」だけである。
English: Furthermore, the speed of the Shinkansen trains cannot be used effectively without selecting specific time zones, and in addition, an additional limited express fee must be paid to ride on a Shinkansen train.
Japanese: さらに、時間帯を選んで乗らない限り速達性を存分に発揮できない上に、別途特急料金もかかる。
English: Therefore, it can be said that the trains that are actually in a competitive situation with the limited expresses of Meitetsu would be the Rapid trains (including New Rapid trains and Special Rapid trains), which require no extra charge, running in the same section on the regular railway line operated by JR Tokai.
Japanese: したがって、名鉄特急と本格的に競合しているのは、むしろ同区間の在来線を走行するJR東海の追加料金不要の快速電車（新快速・特別快速を含む）であるといえる。