No. |
Line |
Name |
since |
section |
distance |
1 |
|
Tokaido Shinkansen |
1965 |
Tokyo -Nagoya - Shin Osaka |
552.6km |
2 |
|
Sanyo Shinkansen |
1975 |
Shin Osaka - Okayama - Hiroshima - Hakata
|
623.3km |
3 |
|
Tohoku Shinkansen |
1982 |
Tokyo - Sendai - Morioka - Hachinohe |
535.3km |
4 |
|
Jyoetsu Shinkansen |
1982 |
Omiya - Takasaki - Niigata |
303.6km |
5 |
|
Hokuriku(Nagano) Shinkansen |
1997 |
Takasaki - Nagano |
117.4km |
6 |
|
Yamagata Shinkansen*2 |
1991 |
Fukushima - Yamagata - Shinjyo |
87.1km |
7 |
|
Akita Shinkansen*2 |
1997 |
Morioka - Akita |
127.3km |
8 |
|
Kyusyu Shinkansen*1 |
2004 |
Shin Yatsushiro-Kagoshima Cyuou |
137.6km |
. |
*1 The section is partial opening.
*2 This section runs by using the truck of
ordinary(rail from before). |