The Japan Grand New Trunk Line, known in Japanese (and sometimes in English) as the Nippon Dai Shinkansen (日本大新幹線) is the longest and fastest train line in Japan. Like many other modern trunk lines, it is of a wheeled maglev hybrid design. Being a high-speed line, it stops only at major settlements, letting its branch lines (some of which share the same route) take care of the rest. Still, the cities served by this line are some of the largest in the country, and access to other large cities by rail is usually very convenient. Other shinkansen lines serve stops in-between and in other areas, and pick up from where the shinkansen leave off. On long stretches, the train can reach a top speed of over 500 km/h. However, it usually goes considerably slower. The track is often tilted for better performance on its many curves. From Sapporo to Kumamoto, the fastest ride takes 7 hours 16 minutes.
Japan Grand New Trunk Line Stops[]
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- Sapporo, Hokkaido Semi-Autonomous Region
- Hakodate, Hokkaido Semi-Autonomous Region
- Aomori, Aomori Semi-Autonomous Region
- Hachinohe, Aomori Semi-Autonomous Region
- Morioka NPA Town, Iwate National Preservation Area
- Sendai, Miyagi
- Koriyama, Fukushima
- Utsunomiya NPA Town, Tochigi National Preservation Area
- Omiya, Saitama
- Tokyo-Ueno, Tokyo
- Tokyo, Tokyo
- Tokyo-Shinagawa, Tokyo
- Yokohama, Kanagawa
- Shizuoka NPA Town, Shizuoka National Preservation Area
- Hamamatsu NPA Town, Shizuoka National Preservation Area
- Nagoya, Aichi
- Kyoto, Kyoto
- Osaka, Osaka
- Kobe, Hyogo
- Okayama NPA Town, Okayama National Preservation Area
- Hiroshima, Hiroshima
- Kokura, Fukuoka
- Fukuoka, Fukuoka
- Kumamoto NPA Town, Kumamoto National Preservation Area