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	Shinkansen - Simple English Wikipedia
		The Shinkansen are run by the many companies of Japan Railway (which in the past was called Japanese National Railways, but now is one group of private companies).
		In contrast to the older lines, Shinkansen lines are standard gauge, and use tunnels and viaducts to go through and over obstacles, rather than around them.
		Shinkansen trains now run regularly at speeds of up to 300 km/h (185 mph), putting them among the fastest trains running in the world, along with the French TGV and German ICE trains.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shinkansen (790 words)

	Shinkansen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When building the Shinkansen network, it was not often feasible to build the line to connect to an already existing station and therefore a new second station was built.
		Shinkansen trains now run regularly at speeds of up to 300 km/h (185 mph), putting them among the fastest trains running in the world, along with the French TGV, Spanish AVE and German ICE trains.
		The Narita Shinkansen project to connect Tokyo to Narita International Airport, initiated in the 1970s but halted in 1983 after landowner protests, has been officially cancelled and removed from the Basic Plan governing Shinkansen construction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shinkansen (1277 words)

	Tōhoku Shinkansen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tōhoku Shinkansen (東北新幹線) is a line of Shinkansen high speed rail, connecting Tokyo with Hachinohe in Aomori for a total length of 593.0 km.
		From Aomori, there are plans to continue the line under the name Hokkaido Shinkansen, passing through the Seikan Tunnel to Shin-Hakodate on Hokkaido, and eventually all the way to Sapporo.
		Through trains on the Akita Shinkansen and Yamagata Shinkansen lines also run on Tohoku Shinkansen tracks from Morioka and Fukushima respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tohoku_Shinkansen (317 words)

	E3 Series Shinkansen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The E3 Series Shinkansen are new Japanese Shinkansen high-speed trains built for the opening of the new Akita Shinkansen 'mini-Shinkansen' line, converted from a regular 3'6" narrow-gauge line between Morioka and Akita.
		Like the 400 Series Shinkansen these trains are built to a smaller loading gauge to fit on the narrower clearances of the 'mini-Shinkansen'.
		The initial units built starting in 1997 were 5-car sets, but sixth cars were built to integrate into the existing units by the end of 1998.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/e/e3/e3_series_shinkansen.html (107 words)

	Shinkansen (Japanese Bullet Train)
		The Tokaido Shinkansen, connecting Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka, was inaugurated in the year 1964 as the first shinkansen line and the world's first high speed train.
		The southern half of the Kyushu Shinkansen, connecting Yatsushiro with Kagoshima, was inaugurated in March 2004.
		Currently under construction are the further extension of the Tohoku Shinkansen to Aomori and the extension of the Nagano Shinkansen to Kanazawa.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2018.html (596 words)

	Railway Technology - Shinkansen High Speed 'Bullet Train' operated by JR Central, Japan
		These were the Tohoku Shinkansen, from Tokyo to Morioka, and the Joetsu, to Niigata.
		Shinkansen run largely on conventional steel rail mounted on concrete sleepers, but the fastest services use dedicated tracks to avoid conflict with slower trains.
		Shinkansen trains run on two different gauges - 1,067mm and 1,435mm - which precludes each part of the system from using the other's trains.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/shinkansen (849 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tohoku Shinkansen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Shinkansen 0 Series at Fukuyama Station, April 2002 Shinkansen 500 Series at Kyoto Station, April 2002 300 (Left) and 700 Series Shinkansen at Tokyo Station The Shinkansen (æ–°å¹¹ç·š) is a network of high speed rail lines in Japan on which the famous Bullet Trains run.
		From Aomori, there are plans to continue the line under the name Hokkaido Shinkansen, passing through the Seikan Tunnel to Hakodate on Hokkaido, and eventually all the way to Sapporo.
		Fukushima (福島市; -shi) is the capital city of Fukushima prefecture in the Tohoku region of Japan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tohoku-Shinkansen (1935 words)

	Japanese Railways Page
		Average number of passengers of Shinkansen was 21,649 in 1964, and grew at surprising pace, marking 20 or 30 percent increase every year in 1960s (27,738 in 1965, 49,681 in 1967, 70,807 in 1970).
		In 1972, Shinkansen was extended to Okayama, and in 1975, Hakata (Fukuoka) in Kyushu Island.
		Shinkansen might be extend to other cities such as Sakata, Matsue, Takamatsu, Matsuyama and Oita by introduction of eMini Shinkansenf or the development of free-gauge train currently under experiment which can change gauge from 1435 mm to 1067 mm and go direct from Shinkansen to conventional rail line.
	www.geocities.com /TheTropics/Cove/5750/shinkan.html (3440 words)

	Tohoku - Wikitravel
		Tohoku's main train artery is the Tōhoku Shinkansen (東北新幹線) bullet train line on the east coast, connecting Tokyo to Hachinohe via Sendai, Fukushima and Morioka, with spurs to Yamagata and Akita and an extension to Aomori under construction.
		Tohoku (in particular north of Sendai) is one of the few areas in Japan where you might want to rent a car.
		For long distance travel, the Tohoku Expressway more or less follows the route of the Shinkansen, but it's a solid 10 hours of driving for the 900 kilometers from Tokyo to Aomori.
	wikitravel.org /en/Tohoku_region (862 words)

	TOHOKU JAPAN
		The rural Tohoku accent, known as zūzū-ben for its characteristic feature of turning all "s" sounds into "z", can be difficult to comprehend at times even if you do understand Japanese.
		The Tohoku Shinkansen connects Tokyo to Mito, Sendai, Morioka and Hachinohe, with spur lines to Akita and Yamagata.
		Tohoku has not made very many contributions to the Japanese culinary scene, although (as always in Japan) even the smallest hamlet will boast something it claims to be famous for.
	www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /travel/tohoku.htm (525 words)

	Shinkansen - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Shinkansen (新幹線) is a network of high speed rail lines in Japan, upon which the famous "Bullet Trains" run.
		The name Shinkansen literally means "New Trunk Line", and thus should technically refer to the lines and not the trains, which are officially referred to as "Super Expresses".
		The prefix 'shin' means 'new' in Japanese and oftentimes when building the Shinkansen network, it was not feasible to build it to the already existing station, therefore a second station was built with the 'shin prefix'.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Bullet_train (1011 words)

	Encyclopedia: Akita Shinkansen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Serving the Kanto and Tohoku regions of the country, it links Tokyo Station and Akita Station (which is in the city of Akita, Akita Prefecture) with direct service.
		Shinkansen 0 Series at Fukuyama Station, April 2002 Shinkansen 500 Series at Kyoto Station, March 2005 300 (Left) and 700 Series Shinkansen at Tokyo Station The Shinkansen (Japanese: æ–°å¹¹ç·š) is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan.
		TÅhoku Shinkansen (æ±åŒ—æ–°å¹¹ç·š) is a line of Shinkansen high speed rail, connecting Tokyo with Hachinohe in Aomori for a total length of 593.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Akita-Shinkansen (546 words)

	The Mikan Chronicles: Shinkansen and Zairaisen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The ceding of an existing line to a private sector company on the opening of the Shinkansen, though, is not without precedent; with the opening of the Shinkansen from Morioka to Hachinohe, the section of the existing Tohoku Honsen parallelling the new line was ceded to a private sector company.
		For example, the Tokaido Honsen and the San'yo Honsen were retained in their entirety even after the opening of the Tokaido and San'yo Shinkansen, and this was also the case with the Tohoku Shinkansen as far as Morioka.
		All Shinkansen lines (with the possible exception of the Mini Shinkansen) are built with speed as a priority, but in the case of the Tokaido, San'yo and (perhaps to a lesser extent) Tohoku Shinkansen, increasing the capacity of the close-to-bottleneck existing lines was also a major objective.
	www.kamoda.com /weblog/archives/004062.html (554 words)

	Edutraveller :: Places :: Tohoku Regional Guide
		Tohoku is made up of Aomori, Akita, Iwate, Yamagata, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures and makes up the northernmost part of the main Honshu island.
		Ferries ply all around the coast of Tohoku, and between Aomori in the extreme north of the region and Hokkaido.
		The furthest south in Tohoku, Fukushima Prefecture is a mountainous region with hundreds of onsen.
	www.edutraveller.com /jp/ja/places/tohoku.html (1217 words)

	Komachi (Shinkansen) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Komachi (こまち) is the sole service running on the Akita Shinkansen, using only E3 Series trains.
		Between Tokyo and Morioka, it couples with a Tōhoku Shinkansen train set E2 Series.
		After Morioka, the Komachi service continues along former narrow-gauge tracks that have been converted to standard gauge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Komachi_(Shinkansen) (128 words)

	Routes and Services
		The Sanyo Shinkansen was opened as far as Okayama in March 1972, and the entire 554 km from Shin-Osaka to Hakata (Fukuoka) was opened in January 1975 with the completion of the 18.7 km Shin-Kanmon Tunnel linking Honshu (Japan's main island) to Kyushu.
		The Tohoku (North-east) Shinkansen opened in June 1982 initially between Omiya and Morioka, serving the principal stations of Utsunomiya, Fukushima, Sendai, and Morioka.
		The Tokyo terminus for the Joetsu Shinkansen was originally intended to be at Shinjuku, with dual tracks running parallel to the Tohoku Shinkansen north of Akabane.
	www.h2.dion.ne.jp /~dajf/byunbyun/service.htm (3043 words)

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		The Yamagata Shinkansen bound for Yamagata is called ``Tsubasa'', the Akita Shinkansen bound for Akita is called ``Komachi'' and the Joetsu Shinkansen bound for Niigata are called ``Asahi'' and ``Toki''.
		The Tohoku and Joetsu Shinkansen are painted with the same green color used in the direction signs, so please be sure to board the correct train (``Yamabiko'' or ``Aoba'').
		The fare for a one-way is approximately 11,600 yen (using Airport Narita and Tohoku Shinkansen) and 13,300 yen (using Narita Express and Tohoku Shinkansen).
	www.eccc.uni-trier.de /eccc/info/Conferences/ALT97.AdvanceProgram.html (1998 words)

	My birthday gift 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A brief digression on the Akita Shinkansen and the Tohoku Shinkansen, they are interesting lines different from the others in Southern Japan, where Shinkansens are a symbol of unmatched speed.
		The Akita Shinkansen is a Shinkansen branch converted from regular train lines, whereas in the rest of Japan (except Yamagata Shinkansen), Shinkansen trains don’t share the same train tracks with other trains.
		The Akita Shinkansen travels from Tokyo to Morioka with a Tohoku Shinkansen, speeding up to 275 km/h, but once passed Morioka, it separates from the Tohoku Shinkansen train and travels but itself towards Akita with a much-reduced speed.
	individual.utoronto.ca /gershom/myBirthdayGift2.htm (895 words)

	sub-zero area "For skiers and snowboarders in Tokyo" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		They all are located along Tohoku Expressway and Tohoku Shinkansen.
		Shinkansen is specially designed in order to run over 200kph.
		Tohoku Expressway is set almost along with Tohoku Shinkansen, leading to Aomori.
	www.geocities.jp /heymk32/area.html (1893 words)

	E1 Series Shinkansen - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, 1994, E4 Series Shinkansen, Tohoku Shinkansen, ...
		The E1 Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1994, were the first double-deck trains built for Japan's Shinkansen dedicated high-speed rail lines.
		They are generally, along with their fellow double-deck class the E4 Series Shinkansen known by the marketing name "MAX" (Multi-Amenity eXpress).
		They were introduced specifically to relieve overcrowding on services used by commuters on the Tohoku Shinkansen and Joetsu Shinkansen, but as of 1999 all six trainsets were transferred to the Joetsu Shinkansen.
	www.thebestlinks.com /E1_Series_Shinkansen.html (157 words)

	Aiming at Higher Speeds for Shinkansen
		After the opening of the Tohoku extension from Morioka to Hachinohe, which reduced the travel time from 3 hours 33 minutes to 2 hours 56 minutes, we were expecting a rise in market share but the domestic airlines responded with price cuts, leading to hot competition between air and rail over this sector.
		Since shinkansen rolling stock runs at high speed, when a shinkansen train enters a tunnel with slab track, a pressure wave is generated and travels at extremely high speed through the tunnel to create a loud noise rather like a sonic boom at the tunnel exit.
		However, increasing the speed of shinkansen operations requires a deep understanding and knowledge that cannot always be found in railways, and for this reason, we would very much like to establish joint research with industries, universities and research bodies worldwide.
	www.jrtr.net /jrtr36/f32_end.html (2254 words)

	The Seikan Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In order to cater for the future possibility of the Shinkansen using the same tracks, the line has been designed such that curves have as large a radius as possible, and slopes are kept to an absolute minimum.
		Additionally, the main rail type used is the same as that used for the Shinkansen, the 60 rail.
		In order for the Shinkansen and local trains to run on the same tracks, a tri-rail track has been laid over the entire extent of the line, allowing for both standard gauge (1435mm) and narrow gauge (1067mm) trains.
	www.pref.aomori.jp /newline/shinkan/shinkan/newline-e/sin-e08.html (605 words)

	Shinkansen
		The Shinkansen links some of Japan's major cities, from Hakata in Kyushu to Morioka in the northern part of the Honshu.
		Tokaido Shinkansen takes only two and a half hours to cover the 552.6 kilometers between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka Stations.
		Tohoku Shinkansen takes only 2 hours and 21 minutes to cover the 535.3 kilometers between Tokyo and Morioka Stations.
	homepage2.nifty.com /soleman/shinkansen/shin.html (165 words)

	Stars & Stripes
		Tohoku means “northeast.” The exact location is in northern Honshu, consisting of six prefectures — Aomori, Akita, Iwate, Yamagata, Miyagi and Fukushima.
		The people of Tohoku are known for their honesty, diligence and faithfulness, while they’re also known for being shy and introverted.
		For the people of Tohoku, the summer is short — and they take advantage of these festivals to release some of the energy and passion stored up during the long, dark winters.
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=103&article=16766&archive=true (1141 words)

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		Serving the Kanto and Tōhoku regions of the country, it links Tokyo Station and Akita Station (which is in the city of Akita, Akita Prefecture) with direct service.
		Komachi trains couple with Hayate (or sometimes Yamabiko) trains on the Tōhoku Shinkansen for the portion of the journey between Tokyo and Morioka.
		Between Tokyo and Morioka, the stations are the same as those on the Tōhoku Shinkansen.
	www.homestayfinder.com /Dictionary.aspx?q=Akita_Shinkansen (153 words)

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