Tōkaidō Shinkansen

The Tōkaidō Shinkansen (Japanese: 東海道新幹線,とうかいどうしんかんせん) 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.

The 700 series Shinkansen

The route map

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)	Transfers
Tokyo	東京	Chiyoda, Tokyo	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: ○Marunouchi Line (M-17)
Shinagawa	品川	Minato, Tokyo	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	25.5	JR East: Yokohama Line Yokohama Municipal Subway ■Blue Line (No. 3 Line)
Odawara	小田原	Odawara, Kanagawa	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	95.4	JR East: Tōkaidō Main Line (for Tokyo), Ito Line, JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line (for Maibara)
Mishima	三島	Mishima, Shizuoka	111.3	JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line Izu-Hakone Railway: Sunzu Line
Shin-Fuji	新富士	Fuji, Shizuoka	135.0	(no railway)
Shizuoka	静岡	Aoi-ku, Shizuoka	167.4	JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line Shizuoka Railway: Shizuoka-Shimizu Line (Shin-Shizuoka Station)
Kakegawa	掛川	Kakegawa, Shizuoka	211.3	Central JR: Tōkaidō Main Line Tenryū-Hamanako Railway: Tenryū Hamanako Line
Hamamatsu	浜松	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka	238.9	JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line Enshu Railway: Enshu Railway Line (Shin-Hamamatsu Station)
Toyohashi	豊橋	Toyohashi, Aichi	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	312.8	JR Central: Tōkaidō Main Line
Nagoya	名古屋	Nakamura-ku, Nagoya	342.0	JR 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, Gifu	367.1	Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu): Meitetsu Hashima Line (Shin-Hashima Station)
Maibara	米原	Maibara, Shiga	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	476.3	JR 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, Osaka	515.4	JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen (runs through to Hakata Station), Tōkaidō Main Line Osaka Municipal Subway: ■Midōsuji Line (M13)

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