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Shinkansen - Japan’s High-speed Bullet Train
Shinkansen Lines
Kyushu Shinkansen
Here!!
Osaka
KyotoTokyo
Kyushu Shinkansen Phase 1
Kyushu Shinkansen Phase 2 (Planned)
Other Shinkansen lines
Shin-Yatsushiro
Kagoshima-Chuo
Hakata
Shinkansen Lines
Phase 2130 Km
Phase 1127 Km
Travel Time Reduced by Shinkansen
0:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
2h. 11min.
Approx. 1h. 20min.
58min.
1h. 13min.1h. 15min.
Approx. 45min.
2h. 34min.
1h. 4min.
40min.
24min.
Approx. 35min.
3h. 49min.
Before Shinkansen introduction
(by conventional express train)
Traveltime
Hakata ~ Kumamoto
Kumamoto ~ Kagoshima-Chuo
NowShinkansen partial
operation
(Shin-Yatsushiro ~ Kagoshima-Chuo)
FutureShinkansen full
operation at 260km/h
(Hakata~ Kagoshima Chuo)
FutureShinkansen full
operation at estimated 300km/h
(Hakata~ Kagoshima Chuo)
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
3,874
8,846 9,040
Approx. 230%
Number of passengers
Passenger Increase After Shinkansen Introduction
Before partial opening of Kyushu Shinkansen
(FY2003)
1st year(FY2004)
2nd year(FY2005*)
*March 13 ~ June 30, 2005
Shin-Yatsushiro ~ Kagoshima-Chuo Section
(persons)