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Shin-Yokohama Shin-Hakodate- Hokuto TRAINS & STATIONS Kikonai Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Some types of trains run on two lines. Shin-Aomori Shichinohe-Towada SHINKANSEN Tōkaidō, Sanyō & Kyūshū Lines Hachinohe NO Nozomi HI Hikari KO KO Kodama MI Mizuho SA Sakura TS Tsubame Kakunodate Shizukiushi Tazawako Ninohe Ōmagari Hokuriku & Jōetsu Lines Akita Iwate-Numakunai KO KA Kagayaki HA Hakutaka AS Asama TS Tsurugi TA Tanagawa TO Toki Morioka Mini-Shinkansen KO TS Shin-Hanamaki On the Akita and Yamagata Lines, top speed is 130 km/hr (80 mph). Tōhoku, Hokkaidō, Yamagata & Akita Lines On the Tohoku Line, Komachi and Tsubasa trains are attached to Kitakami HB Hayabusa HT Hayate YA Yamabiko NA Nasuno TS Tsubasa KO Komachi Hayabusa and Yamabiko trains. Shinjō Mizusawa-Esushi Oishida Ichinoseki End of Line Train Always Stops Train Sometimes Stops Murayama HOKKIADO Sakurambo Higashine Kurikoma-Kōgen Tendō Shin-Otaru TS Furokawa Yamagata HT Sapporo Kaminoyama Onsen Niigata Sendai Kutchan Akayu HB In winter, some Tanagawa trains go to the Tsubama-Sanjō Shiriosi-Zaō TA Takahata Gala-Yuzawa ski resort north of Echigo-Yuzawa. Nagaoka YA Yonezawa Fukushima Annaka-Haruna Urasa Kanazawa Oshamambe Shin-Takaoka Shin-Kurobe TO Echigo-Yuzawa Kōriyama Toyama Itoigawa Nagano SakudairaKaruizawa Iiyama Jōetsu Ueda TA Jomo-Kogen Shin-Shirakawa Shin-Yakumo KA Nasu-Shiobara HA TS AS NA Takasaki Utsunomiya Honjō-Waseda Oyama Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Some Kodama trains go past Hakata, to Kumagiya KO Hakata-Minami, as Limited Express trains. Ōmiya Kikonai Ueno NO NO HI HI KO KO Tokyo Hakata SA KyotoMaibaraGifu-HaishimaNagoyaMikawa-AnjToyohashiō HamamatsuKakegawaShizuokaShin-FujiMishimaAtami OdawaraShin-YokohamaShinagawa MI Shin-Tosu KokuraShin-ShimonosekiAsa Shin-YamaguchiTokuyamaShin-IwakuniHiroshimaHigashi-HiroshimaMihara Shin-OnomichiFukuyamaShin-KurashikiOkayamaAioi Himeji Nishi-AkashiShin-KobeShin- Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Kurome Ōsaka Chikugo-Funagoya Shin-Aomori Shichinohe-Towada Shin-Omuta TS Shin-Tamana SA Hachinohe Kumamoto SCHEDULES MAJOR CONNECTIONS MI Shin-Yatsushiro Tōkaidō & Sanyō Lines http://english.jr-central.co.jp/info/timetable/ Ninohe Tokkyū, or Limited Express, are the Shin-Minimata Kyūshū Line http://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/time_table/time_table.jsp fastest trains after Shinkansen, making only major stops. Izumi Hokoriku, Jōetsu, Tōhoku, Yamagata & Akita Lines http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/timetables/ Iwate-Numakunai Sendai Hokkaidō Line http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/english/shinkansen/ttable.pdf Tazawako Shin-Hokodate-Hokuto Akita Morioka Kagoshima Shizukiushi JR Hokkaidō -Chūō Kakunodate Hakodate Liner to Hakodate Ōmagari Shin-Hanamaki Hakuchō/Super Hakuchō Tokkyū to Sapporo Kitakami Tohoku Mizusawa-Esushi Sendai Sendai Subway Ichinoseki Shinjo Kurikoma-Kōgen Kanazawa Ōishida Murayama Furokawa JR West Shirasagi & Thunderbird Tokkyū Sakurambo Higashine to Nagoya, Maibara, Kyoto & Shin-Ōsaka Distance fastest trains can travel in 1 hour at top speed Tendo Yamagata Sendai 320 km (200 mi) Kaminoyama Onsen Ueno Akayu JR East Yamanote Line Takahata Shiriosi-Zaō Niigata Yonezawa to Ikebukuro, Shinjuku & Shibuya Tokyo Metro Ginza & Hibiya Lines Fukushima Tsubama-Sanjō to Asakusa, Shimbashi, Shibuya & Roppongi HONSHU Keisei Electric Railway Skyliner Nagaoka Kōriyama to Narita Airport Urasa Jōetsu Shin-Shirakawa Tokyo Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Itoigawa Iiyama Echigo-Yuzawa Shin- Nasu-Shiobara to Ikebukuro & Shinjuku Kurobe Jomo-Kogen JR East Narita Express (N’EX) Shin- Toyama Nagano to Narita Airport Kanazawa Takaoka Annaka- Utsunomiya Karuizawa Haruna Komatsu Ueda Takasaki Oyama Shinagawa Kaga-Onsen Sakudaira Honjō-Waseda JR East Yamanote Line Awara-Onsen to Shibuya, Shinjuku & Ikebukuro Fukui Chubu Kumagaya Kanto Ōmiya Keikyū Airport Line Nanetsu Ueno to Haneda Airport Kofu Sagamihara Tokyo Tsuruga Nakatsugawa Iida Shinagawa Shin-Yokohama Gifu-Hashima Yokohama Municipal Subway Maibara Shin-Yokohama Shin-Fuji Odawara Kyoto Nagoya Shizuoka Atami Nagoya Chugoku Kansai Mishima Meitetsu (Nagoya Railroad) Himeji Mikawa-Anjō Okayama Shin-Kobe Nagoya Municipal Subway Aioi Shin-Ōsaka Toyohashi Kakegawa Hamamatsu Fukuyama Nishi-Akashi Hiroshima Mihara Maibara Shin-Kurashiki JR West Shirasagi Tokkyū to Kanazawa Higashi- Shin-Onomichi to Kanazawa Shin-Yamaguchi Hiroshima Shin-Shimonoseki Shin-Iwakuni Kyoto Kokura Asa Tokuyama JR West Nara Line & Thunderbird Tokkyū SHIKOKU to Nara & Kanazawa Hakata Kintetsu Kyoto Line to Nara Shin-Tosu Kurume Kyoto Municipal Subway Takeo-Onsen Chikugo-Funagoya Ureshino-Onsen Shin-Omuta Shin-Ōsaka Shin-Omura Shin-Tamana KYUSHU Ōsaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line Isahaya to Umeda, Namba & Tennōji Nagasaki Kumamoto JR West Haruka Tokkyū to Kansai Airport Shin-Yatsushiro LINES & OPERATORS MINI-SHINKANSEN Tōkaidō JR Central Yamagata JR East Shin-Kobe Shin-Minimata Sanyō JR West Akita JR East Kobe Municipal Subway Izumi Kyūshū JR Kyūshū Sendai FUTURE Hiroshima Hokuriku JR East Hiroshima Electric Railway Kagoshima-Chūō JR West West Kyūshū Route Takeo-Onsen to Nagasaki (2022) Jōetsu JR East Hokuriku Line Extension Kanazawa to Tsuruga (2023) Hakata Tōhoku JR East Linear Chūō Maglev Shinagawa to Nagoya (2027) JR Kyūshū Kamome Tokkyū to Nagasaki Hokkaidō JR Hokkaidō Hokkaidō Line Extension Hakodate to Sapporo (2030) Fukuoka City Subway English Language Guide to Japanese High-Speed Rail by Steve Boland, calurbanist.com c 2009-2020.
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