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The Kyushu Shinkansen (九州新幹線) is a 249 km high-speed railway line between the Japanese cities of Fukuoka and Kagoshima, on Kyushu Island, running parallel to the existing Kagoshima Main Line. It is currently being built by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR-Kyushu), and scheduled for completion in 2013. Image File history File links Kyushu-shinkansen. ...
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Fukuoka City Hall Mayor Hirotaro Yamasaki Address 〒810-8620 Fukuoka-shi, Chuo-ku, Tenjin 1-8-1 Phone number 092-711-4111 Official website: www. ...
Kagoshima (鹿児島市; -shi) the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwest tip of the Kyushu island of Japan. ...
Kyushu region, Japan Kyushu (ä¹å·ž kyÅ«shÅ«) is the third largest island of Japan and most southerly and westerly of the four main islands. ...
The Kagoshima Main Line (鹿児島本線) is a major part of the JR Kyushu rail network and runs between Moji-ko, in Kitakyushu, and Kagoshima, at the southern end of Kyushu. ...
JR Kyushu Midori Express Train on Sasebo Line The Kyushu Railway Company (ä¹å·žæ—…客鉄é“,Kyushu Ryokaku Tetsudo) is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railway. ...
Approximate areas that the JR Hokkaido, JR East, JR Central, JR West, JR Shikoku, and JR Kyushu Companies cover. ...
2013 (MMXIII) will be a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The segment between Kagoshima and Yatsushiro began operations on March 13, 2004. It cuts travel times between the two cities from 130 minutes to 35 minutes, and reduces the time between Hakata and Kagoshima from 4 hours to just 2 hours. When the entire line is complete, the travel time from Hakata to Kagoshima will be just over an hour. Yatsushiro (八代市; -shi) is a city located in Kumamoto, Japan. ...
March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Like the original Shinkansen lines, the Kyushu Shinkansen is standard gauge. Shinkansen 0 Series at Fukuyama Station, April 2002 Shinkansen 500 Series at Kyoto Station, March 2005 300 (Left) and 700 Series Shinkansen at Tokyo Station The Shinkansen (Japanese: 新幹線) is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. ...
As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ...
The line will connect to the Sanyo Shinkansen at Hakata Station upon its final completion. It may use part or all of the Hakata Minami Line. Sanyō Shinkansen (山陽新幹線; Sanyō Shinkansen) is a line of Shinkansen high speed rail, connecting Shin-Osaka with Hakata Station in Fukuoka, and it is operated by West Japan Railway Company. ...
Hakata Station (博多駅) is the main railway terminal in Fukuoka city, Japan. ...
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A spur to Nagasaki from Shin-Tosu Station is in planning stages, with construction provisionally authorized for part of the line but with the exact route not yet fixed. Nagasaki City Hall Mayor {{{Mayor}}} Address 〒850-8685 Nagasaki-shi, Sakura-machi 2-22 Phone number 095-825-5151 Official website: www1. ...
Stations
Kagoshima Route - Hakata Station
- Shin-Tosu Station
- Kurume Station
- Shin-Omuta Station
- Shin-Tamana Station
- Kumamoto Station
- Shin-Yatsushiro Station
- Shin-Minamata Station
- Izumi Station
- Sendai Station
- Kagoshima-Chuo Station
Hakata Station (博多駅) is the main railway terminal in Fukuoka city, Japan. ...
Kurume station Kurume station (久留米駅) is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line and Kyudai Main Line. ...
Nishi-Kyushu Route (Nagasaki Route) - Shin-Tosu Station (Use with Kagoshima Route)
- Saga Station
- Takeo'onsen Station
- Ureshino'onsenn Station
- Shin-Omura Station
- Isahaya Station
- Nagasaki Station
Trains The line uses a new train set model, the 800 Series Shinkansen, with a maximum speed of 260 km/h (160 mph). The trains have been developed by Hitachi, which also manufactured the 500 and 700 series trains on the Tokaido-Sanyo line. The 800 Series Shinkansen train was developed by Hitachi for use on the Kyushu Shinkansen high-speed rail line in Japan. ...
It has been suggested that Hitachi Works be merged into this article or section. ...
Individual trains are named Tsubame, or "Swallow," the name of the former Hakata-Kagoshima limited express service. While the line is being completed, the old Tsubame trains carry passengers to Shin-Yatsushiro, where they can transfer to the Shinkansen for the remainder of their journey. The old trains have been redubbed Relay Tsubame for this purpose. Tsubame is the initial service running on the Kyushu Shinkansen since the line opened in March 2004. ...
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