I have to agree. It's good to go to one source. Normally you just get bits and pieces all over the net.

He can join Japan Railway Journal 😆

Yes google earth and street view are great tools. I found another one like google earth that has maps going back to 1936. Great to see the evolution.

Thank you. The route and station for the section from Nagoya to Shin-Osaka have not yet been decided.

We have same issue at Maibara which is boundary between JR Central and JR West. But I'm not sure if this issue is the cause of JR Central. This problem may be due to all IC card system.

@@JPRailcom you must change at Maibara anyway😂after you talk about JR East holding the platform of Tokyo station from JR Central, the MagLev cannot access to center Tokyo shows the rumor is there and strong

Actually it was not a problem, when I travelled from Omiya to Fuji by local trains in 2019. As expected the ticket barrier didn't let me out, but the station staff was kind and reduced the fare from my IC card manually :)

@@amanohashidate3298 it's a human in charge of the checkpoint😉

ありがとうございます。

@@JPRailcom open this line by 2026

Yes I have wondered the same, like which technology will win in the end Maglev or hyperloop. Maglev has 50 years of R&D behind it. But hyperloop is being pushed as more cheaper.

It may end up replacing regular HSR plans for countries that don’t have it

@@JapaneseHistory maglev will win

The service pattern depends on whether trains have to actually stop at every station or not - was it designed for trians to travel through stations at 505km/h??? Or can they slow down but not have to stop? That's something I don't recall hearing about. Assuming the trains don't have any reason to have to stop at each station I would say that most services would be non-stop between Shinagawa & Nagoya, with one train every 30 minutes stopping at all 6 stations - this is going off the current timetable for the Tokaido Shinkansen which only has 1 train every 30 minutes at "minor" stations such as Odawara which is considerably busier than any of the intermediate stations on the Chuo. Tokaido Shinkansen may slightly reduce the number of Nozomi services between Tokyo-Nagoya, but they obviously still need to operate at the same capacity between Nagoya-Shin Osaka. Given that the Chuo Maglev is likely to gain passengers from air travel Tokyo-Osaka they may even need to operate extra Nozomi services Nagoya-Shin Osaka. For every Chuo Maglev train arriving at Nagoya there needs to be a connecting train to Shin-Osaka, either commencing at Nagoya or a through service from Tokyo with enough empty seats available. With less Nozomi services between Tokyo-Nagoya they could choose to increase the service to the intermediate stations to encourage travel to/from those stations.

@@kc3302 According to Wikipedia it is planned to run express services that only stop at Shinagawa, Nagoya and eventually at a station in Osaka.

If anything. I think the Tokaido Shinkansen might benefit from the Maglev due to less overcrouding and possible speed increases. Tokaido Shinkansen is not going anywhere, the Chou Shinkansen its basically a high speed Backup that will mostly be aimed at connecting the 3 biggest cities. Other cities along the coast to the south still will need shinkansen services, and there will still be a need to run trains past shin-Osaka on the Sanjo shinkansen. The Maglev its for people who are traveling for business and people who need to get somewhere Asap. I doubt the Maglev will have close to the frequency of the Tokaido shinkensen. I hope JR Central can finally have some improvements and get some much needed speed increases that could cut travel between Osaka-Tokyo by 12 to 15 minutes which would also help the connections with the Maglev.

Yes, I noticed that too. My brain was trying to figure out why the line was heading back towards Tokyo, lol. I also preferred the Hokkaido one. Though with ~90% of the Chuo being in tunnels it was less relevant seeing where the line was being built between stations..

@@kc3302 He just released a virtual tour on the Hokuriku Shinkansen. That video is very nice to watch and easy to follow again.

@@MrUserofInternet Thanks, I've watched half of that and will watch the rest today :)

Given the huge time saving, the fare would be between 1.5 and double the existing fare. I seem to recall from reading/watching about it, there will be only one class of seat. I'm guessing that all seats are reserved, so no unreserved seats or people standing. One thing I'm certain about is that JR Passes won't be able to be used on it, just like the Nozomi can't be used now.

@@kc3302 oh, no. But I think, maglev also will be differentiate like Shinkansen(Nozomi, Hikari, Kodama). For example, rapid maglev will stop only in Nagano, slow will be stop in all stations. So, JR Pass will be valid in slow train. It seems that fast train will ride 40 minutes from Shinagawa to Nagoya and slow train about 55-60 minutes with all stops, which also faster than current Tokaido's Nozomi 1.5 hours.

I can't see JR Pass being valid on maglev for any type of service. This would be for premium commute service only like a train version of Concord.

@@JapaneseHistory maybe

@@JapaneseHistory I fully agree. As for fares, Wikipedia says "...difference of around 700 yen between Tokyo and Nagoya, and around 1,000 yen between Tokyo and Osaka", much less than my above estimate. The source for this is a newspaper story, but the article does not seem to be available online.

You can find it here. www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=18zC2EUxya7PcwC8NC0qWw0NjZS8gj5Wa&usp=sharing

Also, if you click on the Wikipedia article en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D_Shinkansen#Route at the start of the "Route" section it shows 3 different co-ordinate lists. If you click on the coordinates for any station it will bring up a page that lets you view that coordinate in many maps/mapping services.

2035

How about Fuji?

@@JPRailcom That's fitting, coincidentally just today I was reading about Hayabusa and the old Kyushu train from tokyo! I also saw that name come by.

京都はそこまで大きな都市ではありません。また、大阪まで在来線で30分しかかかりません。