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Japan, by rail

Every line, every train, every question, region by region

博多Hakata新鳥栖Shin-Tosu久留米Kurume筑後船小屋Chikugo-Funagoya新大牟田Shin-Ōmuta新玉名Shin-Tamana熊本Kumamoto新八代Shin-Yatsushiro新水俣Shin-Minamata出水Izumi川内Sendai鹿児島中央Kagoshima-Chūō
MLIT N02-25 · CC BY 4.0 · Terrain: USGS, NOAA
In the guide
  • Kyūshū
  • Nishi-Kyūshū
Guide coming soon
  • Hokkaidō
  • Tōhoku
  • Akita
  • Yamagata
  • Jōetsu
  • Hokuriku
  • Tōkaidō
  • San’yō
Line under construction
  • Sapporo

Choose a region

Kyūshū is the first region in the guide. The rest of Japan follows.

The Shinkansen, 1964 to today

  1. 19640Tōkaidō · San’yō220 km/h
  2. 1982200Tōhoku · Jōetsu275 km/h
  3. 1985100Tōkaidō · San’yō230 km/h
  4. 1992300Tōkaidō · San’yō270 km/h
  5. 1992400Yamagata · Tsubasa240 km/h
  6. 1994E1Jōetsu240 km/h
  7. 1997500San’yō300 km/h
  8. 1997E2Tōhoku275 km/h
  9. 1997E3Akita · Yamagata275 km/h
  10. 1997E4Tōhoku · Jōetsu240 km/h
  11. 1999700San’yō285 km/h
  12. 2004800Kyūshū260 km/hKyūshū
  13. 2007N700Tōkaidō · San’yō300 km/h
  14. 2011E5Tōhoku · Hokkaidō320 km/h
  15. 2011N700San’yō · Kyūshū300 km/hKyūshū
  16. 2013N700ATōkaidō · San’yō300 km/h
  17. 2013E6Akita320 km/h
  18. 2014E7Hokuriku275 km/h
  19. 2015W7Hokuriku260 km/h
  20. 2016H5Hokkaidō320 km/h
  21. 2020N700STōkaidō · San’yō300 km/h
  22. 2022N700SNishi Kyūshū · Kamome260 km/hKyūshū
  23. 2024E8Yamagata · Tsubasa300 km/h

Ways in

In the guideKyūshū

Kyūshū Shinkansen

九州新幹線

Follow the Shinkansen south from Hakata to Kagoshima-Chūō. Read a station sign, recognise a train, or choose your next connection.

Track alignment九州新幹線
N25 km博多Hakata新鳥栖Shin-Tosu久留米Kurume筑後船小屋Chikugo-Funagoya新大牟田Shin-Ōmuta新玉名Shin-Tamana熊本Kumamoto新八代Shin-Yatsushiro新水俣Shin-Minamata出水Izumi川内Sendai鹿児島中央Kagoshima-Chūō
国土交通省 · N02-25 · CC BY 4.0 · USGS · NOAA
Route schematic · distances vary
筑後川Chikugo R.有明海Ariake Sea阿蘇山地Aso highlands八代海Yatsushiro Sea博多Hakata新鳥栖Shin-Tosu久留米Kurume筑後船小屋Chikugo-Funagoya新大牟田Shin-Ōmuta新玉名Shin-Tamana熊本Kumamoto新八代Shin-Yatsushiro新水俣Shin-Minamata出水Izumi川内Sendai鹿児島中央Kagoshima-Chūō
Route schematic · distances vary

Along the line

  1. Hakata 博多
  2. Shin-Tosu 新鳥栖
  3. Kurume 久留米
  4. Chikugo-Funagoya 筑後船小屋
  5. Shin-Ōmuta 新大牟田
  6. Shin-Tamana 新玉名
  7. Kumamoto 熊本
  8. Shin-Yatsushiro 新八代
  9. Shin-Minamata 新水俣
  10. Izumi 出水
  11. Sendai 川内
  12. Kagoshima-Chūō 鹿児島中央

Identify a train

800 series

800 series
Identification clueUpright headlamp
Formation6 cars

N700-8000

N700-8000
Identification clueWing-like shoulder
Formation8 cars
Compare the two noses

On the departure board

Questions from the platform