WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY Fact Sheets 2011 8 Business Direct Service Operations with the Kyushu Shinkansen • Route of Direct Service Operations Shin-Osaka (Sanyo Shinkansen) – Kagoshima-Chuo (Kyushu Shinkansen) Shin- • Start of Direct Service Operations Shimonoseki Hiroshima Tokuyama Shin- Shin- March 12, 2011 Asa Onomichi Kurashiki Shin- Kokura Shin- Mihara Okayama Himeji Kobe Hakata Iwakuni Shin- • Capital Investment Yamaguchi Higashi- Aioi Nishi- Shin- Hiroshima Fukuyama Akashi Osaka Approx. ¥100 billion Shin-Tosu Kurume Breakdown: Opened in Chikugo March 2011 Funagoya Hakata–Shin-Osaka Approx. 644 km Rolling stock ................... Approx. ¥80 billion Shin-Omuta Hakata– Sanyo Shinkansen (JR-West) Shin-Yatsushiro Shin-Tamana Ground facilities, etc. ...... Approx. ¥20 billion Approx. 151km Kumamoto Hakata–Kagoshima-Chuo Approx. 289 km • Trains Offering Direct Service between the Sanyo and the Kyushu Shin-Yatsushiro Kyushu Shinkansen (JR-Kyushu) Shinkansen Lines (As of March 12, 2011) Opened in March 2004 Shin-Minamata service, Travel Travel Time Service Price Shin-Yatsushiro– Izumi Times, Price (Fastest Service) Kagoshima-Chuo Sendai Shin-Osaka 4 round trips ¥21,600 Approx. 138 km Mizuho 3h 45m Kagoshima-Chuo per day (¥17,000 with discount) 10.5 round trips ¥21,300 Kagoshima-Chuo Sakura 4h 10m per day (¥17,000 with discount) Shin-Osaka 4 round trips ¥18,320 Mizuho 2h 59m Kumamoto per day (¥14,400 with discount) 11 round trips ¥18,020 Sakura 3h 20m per day (¥14,400 with discount) Note: Prices in parentheses represent the prices of “early reservation discount tickets” available when reserving three days or more in advance. Travel Time by Hakata Hiroshima Okayama Shin-Osaka distance Traveled Kumamoto 33m (40m) 1h 37m (52m) 2h 14m (52m) 2h 59m (58m) Kagoshima-Chuo 1h 19m (53m) 2h 23m (71m) 2h 59m (72m) 3h 45m (77m) New rolling stock for direct services between the Sanyo and the Kyushu Shinkansen Note: Times are for the fastest Mizuho Shinkansen. Times in parentheses represent the reduction in travel time following the establishment of direct services..