San'yō Shinkansen

San'yō Shinkansen
A Shinkansen series 700 train of the San'yō Shinkansen
Route length:	553.7 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	25 kV 60 Hz  ~
Minimum radius :	4,000 m
Top speed:	300 km / h
Legend ↑ JR Central : Tōkaidō Shinkansen → JR West : Osaka ring line 0.0 Shin-Osaka ( 新 大阪 駅 ) Osaka ( 大阪 駅 ) → JR West: Osaka ring line Amagasaki ( 尼 崎 駅 ) ← JR West: Fukuchiyama Line Rokkō Tunnel (16,250 m) 32.6 Shin-Kobe ( 新 神 戸 駅 ) Kobe Tunnel (7,970 m) ↑ JR West: Tōkaidō Main Line Kobe ( 神 戸 駅 ) / ↓ JR West: San'yō Main Line 54.8 Nishi-Akashi ( 西明 石 駅 ) ← JR West: Kakogawa Line Kako (river) / Kakogawa ( 加古川 駅 ) ← JR West: Bantan Line 85.9 Himeji ( 姫 路 駅 ) ← JR West: Kishin Line 105.9 Aioi ( 相 生 駅 ) → JR West: Akō Line Kamigōri ( 上郡 駅 ) ← Chizu Express: Chizu Line Hosaka Tunnel (7,588 m) Yoshii (river) → JR West: Akō Line East-Okayama ( 東 岡山 駅 ) ← JR West: Tsuyama Line 160.9 Okayama ( 岡山 駅 ) ← JR West: Kibi Line / → Uno Line Shinkansen depot-Okayama Kurashiki ( 倉 敷 駅 ) ← JR West: Hakubi Line Takahashi (river) 186.7 Shin-Kurashiki ( 新 倉 敷 駅 ) Konkō tunnel (2,444 m) 217.7 Fukuyama ( 福山 駅 ) ← JR West: Fukuen Line 235.1 Shin-Onomichi ( 新 尾 道 駅 ) Bingo tunnel (8,901 m) 245.6 Mihara ( 三原 駅 ) → JR West: Kure Line 276.5 Higashi-hiroshima ( 東 広 島 駅 ) Aki Tunnel (13,030 m) → JR West: Kure Line Kaitaichi ( 海 田 市 駅 ) ← JR West: Geibi Line Shinkansen depot-Hiroshima 305.8 Hiroshima ( 広 島 駅 ) Yokokawa ( 横 川 駅 ) ← JR West: Kabe Line Koi tunnel (5,960 m) Ōno tunnel (5,389 m) Itsukaichi Tunnel (6,585 m) / Iwakuni ( 岩 国 駅 ) ← JR West: Gantoku Line Iwakuni Tunnel (5,132 m) 350.0 Shin-Iwakuni ( 新 岩 国 駅 ) Shin-Kinmeiji Tunnel (6,822 m) 388.1 Tokuyama ( 徳 山 駅 ) Tonda Tunnel (5,543 m) Ōhirayama Tunnel (6,640 m) ← JR West: Yamaguchi Line 429.2 Shin-Yamaguchi ( 新 山口 駅 ) → JR West: Ube line → JR West: Ube line Ube ( 宇 部 駅 ) → JR West: Onoda Line Onoda ( 小野 田 駅 ) ← JR West: Mine Line 453.3 Asa ( 厚 狭 駅 ) ← JR West: San'in Main Line 477.1 Shin-Shimonoseki ( 新 下 関 駅 ) Hatabu ( 幡 生 駅 ) / ↑ JR West: San'yō Main Line Shimonoseki ( 下 関 駅 ) ↓ JR Kyūshū : San'yō main line Shin-Kanmon Tunnel (18,713 m) Moji Port ( 門 司 港 駅 ) ↓ JR Kyūshū: Kagoshima main line ← JR Kyūshū: San'yō main line Moji ( 門 司 駅 ) 497.8 Kokura ( 小 倉 駅 ) West Kokura ( 西 小 倉 駅 ) → JR Kyūshū: Nippō main line North Kyūshū Tunnel (11,767 m) / Orio ( 折 尾 駅 ) ← JR Kyūshū: Chikuhō main line → Fukuoka Tunnel (8,488 m) Kashii ( 香 椎 駅 ) / → JR Kyūshū: Kashii line → JR Kyushu: Sasaguri Line Yoshizuka ( 吉 塚 駅 ) 553.7 Hakata ( 博 多 駅 ) → JR Kyūshū: Kagoshima main line → JR West: Hakata Minami Line Hakata South ( 博多南 駅 ) Shinkansen Main Depot-Hakata ↓ JR Kyūshū: Kyūshū Shinkansen

Route

The San'yō Shinkansen ( Japanese 山陽 新 幹線 ) is a 553.7 km long high-speed line of the Japanese Shinkansen between Shin-Osaka and Hakata of the JR West railway company . The name San'yō comes from the sub-region of the same name in Chūgoku , through which a large part of the route leads.

There are intermediate stops at Okayama , Hiroshima and Kokura , among others . The 161 km long section between Shin-Osaka and Okayama was opened in March 1972; 215 trains per day used the new route. There were four Hikari trains per hour , with a few stops in between, and four Kodama trains with stops at all subway stations. There are also Nozomi trains , which connect Tokyo and Hakata without changing trains, which allows a journey time of 5 hours.

In March 1975 followed the 393 km long section between Okayama and Hakata; the train occupancy of the entire route was 235 trains per day.

At the end of the 1980s, 200 trains ran daily on the route, with a top speed of 230 km / h. In March 1989 the number of trains was increased to 250 per day.

An extension of this line from Hakata to Kagoshima via the Kyūshū-Shinkansen route has been in operation since March 2011.

Train stations

Train stations	Japanese	Distance from Tokyo (km)	Transfer options	place
Shin-Osaka	新 大阪	515.4	Tōkaidō Main Line , Fukuchiyama Line , Kansai Airport Line, Osaka City Transportation Office : Midōsuji Line (subway)	Osaka	Osaka prefecture
Shin-Kobe	新 神 戸	548.0	Kobe City Transport Office : Seishin-Yamate Line (subway), Hokushin Kyūkō : Hokushin Line	Kobe	Hyogo Prefecture
Nishi-Akashi	西明 石	570.2	San'yō main line	Akashi
Himeji	姫 路	601.3	San'yō Main Line , Bantan Line , Kishin Line , San'yō Denki Tetsudō Main Line (at San'yō-Himeji Station)	Himeji
Aioi	相 生	621.3	San'yō Main Line , Akō Line	Aioi
Okayama	岡山	676.3	San'yō Main Line , Uno Line , Tsuyama Line , Kibi Line , Hakubi Line , Akō Line	Okayama	Okayama Prefecture
Shin-Kurashiki	新 倉 敷	702.1	San'yō main line	Kurashiki
Fukuyama	福山	733.1	San'yō Main Line , Fukuen Line	Fukuyama	Hiroshima Prefecture
Shin-onomichi	新 尾 道	750.5		Onomichi
Mihara	三原	761.0	San'yō Main Line , Kure Line	Mihara
Higashi-Hiroshima	東 広 島	791.9		Higashihiroshima
Hiroshima	広 島	821.2	San'yō Main Line , Geibi Line , Kabe Line, Kure Line , Hiroden Main Line (Lines 1, 2, 5, 6)	Hiroshima
Shin-Iwakuni	新 岩 国	865.4	Nishikigawa Tetsudō : Nishikigawa Seiryū line	Iwakuni	Yamaguchi Prefecture
Tokuyama	徳 山	903.5	San'yō Main Line , Gantoku Line	Shunan
Shin-Yamaguchi	新 山口	944.6	San'yō Main Line , Ube Line , Yamaguchi Line	Yamaguchi
Asa	厚 狭	968.7	San'yō Main Line , Mine Line	Sanyō-Onoda
Shin-Shimonoseki	新 下 関	992.5	San'yō main line	Shimonoseki
Kokura	小 倉	1013.2	Kagoshima Main Line , Nippō Main Line , San'yō Main Line , Hita-Hikosan Line	Kitakyushu	Fukuoka Prefecture
Hakata	博 多	1069.1	Kagoshima Main Line , Hakata Minami Line , Sasaguri Line, Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau: Airport Line (subway)	Fukuoka

Web links

Commons : San'yō-Shinkansen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Announcement 25 years of Shinkansen . In: Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau , 38 (1989), issue 12, p. 790 f.