&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Series-N700A-F20.jpg) N700A Series Nozomi, September 2021 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Shinkansen (Express) |
| Status | Operational |
| First service | 1934 (Express) 1992 (Shinkansen) |
| Current operator(s) | JR Central, JR West |
| Route | |
| Termini | Tokyo Hakata |
| Line(s) used | Tōkaidō Shinkansen San'yō Shinkansen |
| On-board services | |
| Class(es) | Green/standard |
| Catering facilities | Trolley service (ended October 2023) |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock | N700 series, N700S series |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | 25 kV AC overhead |
| Operating speed | 300 km/h (190 mph) (San'yō Shinkansen) 285 km/h (180 mph) (Tōkaidō Shinkansen) |
Nozomi (のぞみ, "Wish" or "Hope") is the fastest train service running on the Tokaido and San'yō Shinkansen lines in Japan. The service stops at only the largest stations, and services using N700 series equipment reach speeds of 300 km/h (186 mph) along the stretch between Shin-Ōsaka and Hakata. The trip between Tokyo and Osaka, a distance of 515 kilometres (320 mi), takes 2 hours 21 minutes on the fastest Nozomi service, with the fastest service between Tokyo Station and Hakata taking 4 hours 46 minutes.[1]
The trains stop at fewer stations than the Hikari and Kodama trains. On the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka, Nozomi trains stop only at Shinagawa, Shin-Yokohama, Nagoya and Kyōto.[1] On the Sanyō Shinkansen between Shin-Ōsaka and Hakata, all Nozomi trains stop at Shin-Kobe, Hiroshima, Okayama and Kokura, with certain trains also stopping at additional stations.
Foreigners traveling with a Japan Rail Pass are required to purchase a special ticket to use the Nozomi service.[2]
- ^ a b Hyperdia: Shin-Osaka–Tokyo timetable for 2009-06-11[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Use of "NOZOMI" and "MIZUHO" Shinkansen bullet trains". Japan Railways Group. Retrieved 3 November 2023.