SanyÅ Shinkansen
The San'yo Shinkansen (Japanese山阳 新 干线) is a 553.7 km long high-speed line of the Japanese Shinkansen between Shin- Osaka and Hakata the railway company JR West. The name comes from the same part San'yo region in Chugoku, by leading the majority of the route.
Intermediate stops are among others, Okayama, Hiroshima and Kokura. The 161 km long section between Shin- Osaka and Okayama was opened in March 1972; per day used 215 features the new route. Per hour perverted four Hikari trains, with few intermediate stops, as well as four Kodama trains stopping at all intermediate stations. Addition, there are Nozomi trains that connect Tokyo and Hakata without changing what makes a ride time of 5 hours.
An extension of this line from Hakata to Kagoshima on the Kyushu Shinkansen has been in operation since March 2011.
In March 1975, the 393 km long section between Okayama and Hakata followed; the Zugbelegung the total distance was 235 trains per day.
In the late 1980s reversed 200 trains a day on the route, with a top speed of 230 km / h In March 1989, the number of trains was increased to 250 per day.