Tōkaidō Shinkansen

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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
 Station in Japanese Ward / City Distance (km)(from Tokyo) TransfersTokyo東京Chiyoda, Tokyo0.0JR 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: ○Marunouchi Line (M-17)Shinagawa品川Minato, Tokyo6.8JR East: Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Yokosuka Line Keihin Electric Express Railway: Main LineShin-Yokohama新横浜Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama25.5JR East: Yokohama LineYokohama Municipal Subway ■Blue Line (No. 3 Line)Odawara小田原Odawara, Kanagawa76.7JR East: Tōkaidō Main LineOdakyū Electric Railway: Odawara Line, Izu-Hakone Railway: Daiyuzan Line, Hakone Tozan Railway: Hakone Tozan LineAtami 熱海Atami, Shizuoka95.4JR East: Tōkaidō Main Line (for Tokyo), Ito Line, JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line (for Maibara)Mishima三島Mishima, Shizuoka111.3JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line Izu-Hakone Railway: Sunzu LineShin-Fuji新富士Fuji, Shizuoka135.0 (no railway)Shizuoka静岡Aoi-ku, Shizuoka167.4JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line Shizuoka Railway: Shizuoka-Shimizu Line (Shin-Shizuoka Station)Kakegawa 掛川Kakegawa, Shizuoka211.3Central JR: Tōkaidō Main Line Tenryū-Hamanako Railway: Tenryū Hamanako LineHamamatsu浜松Hamamatsu, Shizuoka238.9JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line Enshu Railway: Enshu Railway Line (Shin-Hamamatsu Station)Toyohashi豊橋Toyohashi, Aichi274.2JR 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, Aichi312.8JR Central: Tōkaidō Main LineNagoya名古屋Nakamura-ku, Nagoya342.0JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line, Chūō Main Line, Kansai Main Line, Takayama Main Line Nagoya Subway: ■Higashiyama Line (H08), ■Sakura-dori Line (S02), Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu): Nagoya Main Line (Meitetsu Nagoya Station), Kintetsu: Nagoya Line (Kintetsu Nagoya Station), ■Nagoya Seaside Rapid Railway: Aonami Line (AN01)Gifu-Hashima 岐阜羽島Hashima, Gifu367.1Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu): Meitetsu Hashima Line (Shin-Hashima Station)Maibara米原Maibara, Shiga408.2JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line (for Atami), JR West: Tōkaidō Main Line (for Kyoto), Hokuriku Main Line Ohmi Railway: Main LineKyoto京都Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto476.3JR West: Tōkaidō Main Line, Kosei Line, San'in Main Line, Nara Line Kintetsu: Kyoto Line, Kyoto Municipal Subway: ■Karasuma Line (K11)Shin-Ōsaka新大阪Yodogawa-ku, Osaka515.4JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen (runs through to Hakata Station), Tōkaidō Main Line Osaka Municipal Subway: ■Midōsuji Line (M13)

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