The Sanyo Shinkansen history. How were the route and station locations decided.
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- Опубліковано 26 бер 2021
- The Sanyo Shinkansen is the second Shinkansen to be extended from the Tokaido Shinkansen.
Since the construction of the Tokaido Shinkansen greatly exceeded the budget of the Japan National Railways, the construction was divided into two sections, Shin-Osaka to Okayama and Okayama to Hakata. It opened to Okayama in 1972 and to Hakata in 1975.
The Sanyo Shinkansen and the Tokaido Shinkansen, which opened in 1964, have many direct trains running, and it is operated as one line. However, there are many differences between these two Shinkansen lines.
Now, I will talk about the differences between the Tokaido Shinkansen and the Sanyo Shinkansen. And I will also explain about the routes and stations of the Sanyo Shinkansen.
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I think the viewers are ready for more technical videos, like the train set specs and technology, the differences in electric grids west and east, or the different technical route building projects for stations or even tunnels. Lots of Japanese information, but most English information is very basic.
Add my vote to that list!
Oh yes!!! theres never enough content
As always a great video! Will you be able to make a video someday about the "night train Shinkansen" plan? It would be very interesting to hear more specifically about what was planned in terms of service patterns, rolling stock and such.
Thanks for your commnet.
I got it.
Congratulations in reaching 2,000 subscribers. Hopefully many more to come!
Thank you!
Shin-Kobe & Tokuyama station are my favourite because of their views
300 yen between Hakata and Hakata Minami? That must be the cheapest shinkansen fare!
Yes. That is the cheapest Shinkansen ride experience.
Great video Takeshi-san! It is very comprehensive and it provides a window into the designers' thought process and learning experiences from the Tokaido Shinkansen. I also appreciate that you articulated the meaning of "Shin" which was a question I and a few commenters had in the previous videos.
If I may, I have just one feedback. I noticed now that the station transitions in Google Earth have changed in recent videos. I think that the animation style used in the "Hokuriku Shinkansen Virtual Tour" presentation is preferable as it shows the total journey and better illustrates the distance between stations.
Thanks for your comment.
I introduced the whole section in that way in the virtual tour of the Nagasaki Shinkansen. However, when I exported the data in Google Earth, it took 3 hours.
I think of another way, such as making it look like that only before and after the station.
@@JPRailcom No worries! I work with Google Earth Pro everyday for my job but I never tried the presenting feature. I didn't know it took that much time! Loading all the assets especially with the 3D buildings even just for one place takes a while, now I can imagine how hard it would be for stretches of tens of kilometers.
great video
Thank you very much for your information. Excellent information indeed! I had used Shin-Onomichi station several times because of biking trips of Shimanami Kaido. I agreed with you that it is more convenient to change trains at Fukayama station. But two of the big problems of low usage of Shin-Onomichi station are that there is no hotel and shopping mall near this train station. Tourists have to go to stay near the Onomichi station. Therefore, tourists prefer to change trains at Fukayama station. However, Shin-Onomichi station is nearer to Hiroshima Airport than Onomichi station. And there is only one Toyota rent a car shop in Onomichi, which is next to Shin-Onomichi station.
I thought the Shin in the station name is for Shinkansen Station. Now I know.
It means 'new'. There are also conventional stations that are named Shin-something, if a new station gets built in a town that already has a station. The kanji is 新 and is pronounced as shin, ara, atara or nii, though the 'atara' reading is solely used in 新しい 'atarashii', and most compound words (such as 新幹線 'shinkansen', "new trunk line") use the 'shin' reading.
First thing that I noticed different are the spelling of both lines name..
Wonderful video. If I can make a suggestion for future videos, you could speak in Japanese and keep the subtitles. I think that would make the video flow more naturally.
I like Takeshi-san's English voice
Are there any opportunities to increase the speed of the Sanyo line to 320km/h or higher? Are there any barriers to this? I think the Tohoku line also has a 4000m curve radius.
@JPRail do you think it was a mistake to sacrifice speed to put Tokuyama station closer to the city centre or do you think it doesn't matter that much? Is the convenience of the station more important than the performance of the line? I'm sure Tokuyama residents prefer the station to be convenient, but if it were built today, I think they would probably just tunnel and make the track alignment closer to 4000m again.
Takeshi, what do you think of the Alfa-X? I think the final product will look very different! I read about the Fastech-360 the other day and it looks so different from the E5/H5
Certainly it looks like a vehicle with a completely different appearance.
I think the new vehicle will be a sharper design of the E5 / H5 series.
A new vehicle is likely to appear around 2028, so I'm looking forward to it.
@@JPRailcom I think so too! nice to hear👍🏾 a similar response, I think the Fleet of the Hokkaido Shinkansen will see an increase too
Aren't they doing a major reconstruction of Hiroshima Station, which will replace the ASSE shopping mall and elevate the Hiroden tram lines next to the station?
It's under construction now. The completion will be 2025.
@@JPRailcom I believe the elevation of the Hiroden tram line will be one of the last projects completed.
How do the trains operate on the Sanyo Shinkansen? I thought it would be Nozomi, Hikari and Kodama and that they would stop at the same stations like the Tokkaido line, but it seems some trains stop at some stations and some don't. Is there any logic behind this?
All trains stop only in Shin-Kobe, Okayama, Hiroshima and Kokura.
Nozomi stops at one station among Himeji, Fukuyama, Tokuyama, or Shin-Yamaguchi, depending on the train. There is no set rule for this.
Most Hikari trains run directly from Tokyo to Okayama, and stop at all stations between Shin-Osaka and Okayama. There is only one round trip from Shin-Osaka to Hakata. This one-round trip Hikari stops at most stations.
Mizuho is a train that goes directly to Kagoshima Chuo on the Kyushu Shinkansen and stops at Shin-Kobe, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Kokura. And a few trains stop at Himeji.
Sakura is also a train that goes directly to the Kyushu Shinkansen, but many trains stop at Himeji, and Fukuyama on top of Mizuho's stop stations. In addition, some trains stop at Tokuyama, Shin-Yamaguchi, and Shin-Shimonoseki.
Kodama stops at all stations.
As you can see, the operation pattern of the Sanyo Shinkansen is much more complicated than that of the Tokaido Shinkansen.
@@JPRailcom Thanks for the detailed reply! What a chaotic pattern, I wouldn't want to be one of the route planers at JR West, sounds like they must have had a very complicated meeting when they set this up !
It will be even more interesting if the Nagasaki and Shikoku shinkansen join the mix some day
@@Digicola1 the tokaido shinkansen is sure to be simpler: 3 trains, one direct, one semi direct and an omnibus.
1:09 spelling error
Thanks.