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===Former rolling stock===
===Former rolling stock===
* [[300 Series Shinkansen|300 series]] (March 1992 – December 2001)
* [[300 Series Shinkansen|300 series]] (March 1992 – March 2012)
* [[500 Series Shinkansen|500 series]] (March 1997 – February 2010)
* [[500 Series Shinkansen|500 series]] (March 1997 – June 2008)
* [[700 Series Shinkansen|700 series]] (March 1999 &ndash; March 2012)<ref name="MN020320">{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2 March 2020 |title=新幹線700系の8日ラストラン取りやめ 感染拡大防止で 1日が最後の運行に |trans-title=700 Series Shinkansen Last Run Cancelled |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20200302/k00/00m/040/179000c |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303063356/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20200302/k00/00m/040/179000c |archive-date=3 March 2020 |access-date=4 March 2020 |website=[[Mainichi Shimbun]] |publisher=Mainichi |language=ja}}</ref>
* [[700 Series Shinkansen|700 series]] (March 1999 &ndash; March 2020)<ref name="MN020320">{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2 March 2020 |title=新幹線700系の8日ラストラン取りやめ 感染拡大防止で 1日が最後の運行に |trans-title=700 Series Shinkansen Last Run Cancelled |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20200302/k00/00m/040/179000c |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303063356/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20200302/k00/00m/040/179000c |archive-date=3 March 2020 |access-date=4 March 2020 |website=[[Mainichi Shimbun]] |publisher=Mainichi |language=ja}}</ref>
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Shinkansen 300kei J61.JPG|300 series, February 2011
File:Shinkansen 300kei J61.JPG|300 series, February 2011
File:Shinkansen 500 series W2 formation.jpg|500 series, February 2010
File:Shinkansen 500 series W2 formation.jpg|500 series, February 2010
File:JRW Shinkansen Series 700 B9 set.jpg|700 series, March 2010
File:JR Central Shinkansen 700.jpg|700 series, January 2008
</gallery>
</gallery>


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==== N700 series / N700S series ====
==== N700 series / N700S series ====
As of December 2023, trains are formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Hakata end, and car 16 at the Tokyo end. All seats are non-smoking; enclosed smoking compartments are located in cars 3, 10, and 15.<ref name="tt201108">JR Timetable, August 2011, p.997</ref><ref name="shinkansen2011">{{cite book |title=新幹線　車両大全 |date=November 2011 |publisher=Ikaros Publications Ltd. |isbn=978-4-86320-526-0 |location=Tokyo, Japan |pages=60–135 |trans-title=Shinkansen Cars Encyclopedia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Accommodations of trains |url=https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/info/accommodation/index.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Central Japan Railway Company |language=ja}}</ref>
As of November 2024, trains are formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Hakata end, and car 16 at the Tokyo end. All seats are non-smoking.<ref name="tt201108">JR Timetable, August 2011, p.997</ref><ref name="shinkansen2011">{{cite book |title=新幹線　車両大全 |date=November 2011 |publisher=Ikaros Publications Ltd. |isbn=978-4-86320-526-0 |location=Tokyo, Japan |pages=60–135 |trans-title=Shinkansen Cars Encyclopedia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Accommodations of trains |url=https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/info/accommodation/index.html |access-date=28 November 2024|website=Central Japan Railway Company}}</ref>
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| Toilet
| Toilet
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| Toilet, smoking room
| Toilet
| style="background: #FFFAF5" |&nbsp;
| style="background: #FFFAF5" |&nbsp;
| style="background: #FFFAF5" | Toilet
| style="background: #FFFAF5" | Toilet
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| style="background: #F5FFF5" |
| style="background: #F5FFF5" | Toilet
| style="background: #F5FFF5" | Toilet
| style="background: #F5FFF5" | Smoking room
| style="background: #F5FFF5" |
| style="background: #FFFAF5" | Vending machine, toilet, wheelchair space
| style="background: #FFFAF5" | Vending machine, toilet, wheelchair space
| style="background: #FFFAF5" |&nbsp;
| style="background: #FFFAF5" |&nbsp;
| style="background: #FFFAF5" | Toilet
| style="background: #FFFAF5" | Toilet
| style="background: #FFFAF5" |&nbsp;
| style="background: #FFFAF5" |&nbsp;
| style="background: #FFFAF5" | Smoking room, toilet
| style="background: #FFFAF5" | Toilet
| style="background: #FFFAF5" |&nbsp;
| style="background: #FFFAF5" |&nbsp;
|}
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Electric power outlets are located at the ends and at window seats of standard cars, and at each seat in Green cars.
Electric power outlets are located at the ends and at window seats of standard cars, and at each seat in Green cars.


⚫
In 2021, payphones were removed from cars 4, 9, 15 (previously present on N700 trains only) and car 12 (previously present on all trains). In March 2024, smoking rooms were removed from all Tokaido, San'yo, and Kyushu Shinkansen trains and station platforms.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Kinoshita |first=Kenji |date=17 October 2023 |title=東海道・山陽・九州新幹線の車内喫煙ルーム、2024年春にすべて廃止 |trans-title=All smoking rooms on Tokaido, Sanyo, and Kyushu Shinkansen trains will be discontinued in spring 2024. |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20231017-2795090/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018011801/https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20231017-2795090/ |archive-date=18 October 2023 |access-date=19 October 2023 |website=MyNavi Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Smokers bitter as cigarettes banned on all Shinkansen lines {{!}} The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis |url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15202064 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=The Asahi Shimbun |language=en}}</ref>
In 2021, payphones were removed from cars 4, 9, 15 (previously present on N700 trains only) and car 12 (previously present on all trains).
<gallery class="center">

==== Future plans ====
⚫
In an announcement by JR Central, JR West, and JR Kyushu made on 17 October 2023, the companies stated that all onboard smoking rooms on the Tokaido, San'yo, and Kyushu Shinkansen trains would be discontinued by Q2 2024,<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Kinoshita |first=Kenji |date=17 October 2023 |title=東海道・山陽・九州新幹線の車内喫煙ルーム、2024年春にすべて廃止 |trans-title=All smoking rooms on Tokaido, Sanyo, and Kyushu Shinkansen trains will be discontinued in spring 2024. |url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20231017-2795090/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018011801/https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20231017-2795090/ |archive-date=18 October 2023 |access-date=19 October 2023 |website=MyNavi Corporation}}</ref> which took effect in on 16 March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Smokers bitter as cigarettes banned on all Shinkansen lines {{!}} The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis |url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15202064 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=The Asahi Shimbun |language=en}}</ref> In addition, all smoking rooms located on station platforms on the aforementioned Shinkansen lines would also be discontinued.<ref name=":02" /><gallery class="center">
File:Shinkansen N700 series Green seat.JPG|N700 series Green car interior
File:Shinkansen N700 series Green seat.JPG|N700 series Green car interior
File:Shinkansen N700 series Standard-sized car seat.JPG|N700 series standard-class car interior
File:Shinkansen N700 series Standard-sized car seat.JPG|N700 series standard-class car interior
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[[700 Series Shinkansen|700 series]] trains were introduced on ''Nozomi'' services in 1999, and [[N700 Series Shinkansen|N700 series]] trains were introduced from July 1, 2007, initially with four daily round-trip runs. All regularly scheduled through ''Nozomi'' services to the San'yō Shinkansen (Tokyo–Hakata) were operated by N700 series sets from 13 March 2010. From the start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012, all regularly scheduled ''Nozomi'' services, including runs limited to the Tokaido Shinkansen, were operated by N700 series sets.
[[700 Series Shinkansen|700 series]] trains were introduced on ''Nozomi'' services in 1999, and [[N700 Series Shinkansen|N700 series]] trains were introduced from July 1, 2007, initially with four daily round-trip runs. All regularly scheduled through ''Nozomi'' services to the San'yō Shinkansen (Tokyo–Hakata) were operated by N700 series sets from 13 March 2010. From the start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012, all regularly scheduled ''Nozomi'' services, including runs limited to the Tokaido Shinkansen, were operated by N700 series sets.


Effective December 2023, [[Central Japan Railway Company|JR Central]] and [[West Japan Railway Company|JR West]] adjusted all ''Nozomi'' services to operate completely with reservations during three seasons that experience the highest ridership: [[New Year]]s and [[Christmas]] (late December thru the first week of January), [[Golden Week (Japan)|Golden Week]] (29 April to 5 May), and the [[Bon (festival)|Obon]] festival (mid to late August).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=14 September 2023 |title=JR東海・JR西日本，3大ピーク期に"のぞみ"を全席指定席で運転 |trans-title=JR Central and JR West to Discontinue Non-Reserved Seats on all Nozomi Services during Three Major Holidays |url=https://railf.jp/news/2023/09/14/064000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914013332/https://railf.jp/news/2023/09/14/064000.html |archive-date=14 September 2023 |access-date=8 January 2024 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}}</ref> These adjustments were made in a bid to increase seat patronage and reduce the amount of standing passengers.<ref name=":0" />
Effective December 2023, [[Central Japan Railway Company|JR Central]] and [[West Japan Railway Company|JR West]] adjusted all ''Nozomi'' services to operate completely with reservations during three seasons that experience the highest ridership: [[New Year]]s and [[Christmas]] (late December through the first week of January), [[Golden Week (Japan)|Golden Week]] (29 April to 5 May), and the [[Bon (festival)|Obon]] festival (mid to late August).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=14 September 2023 |title=JR東海・JR西日本，3大ピーク期に"のぞみ"を全席指定席で運転 |trans-title=JR Central and JR West to Discontinue Non-Reserved Seats on all Nozomi Services during Three Major Holidays |url=https://railf.jp/news/2023/09/14/064000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914013332/https://railf.jp/news/2023/09/14/064000.html |archive-date=14 September 2023 |access-date=8 January 2024 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}}</ref> These adjustments were made in a bid to increase seat patronage and reduce the amount of standing passengers.<ref name=":0" /> Starting in March 2025, ''Nozomi'' services will begin operating with only two unreserved cars instead of three outside of peak periods, with officials citing an increase in the popularity of online train reservations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15527633 |title=Nozomi bullet train to reduce non-reserved seats in March|last=Hosozawa|first=Ayateru |date=28 November 2024|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=28 November 2024}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 17:56, 29 November 2024

Nozomi
N700A Series Nozomi, September 2021
Overview
Service typeShinkansen (Express)
StatusOperational
First service1934 (Express)
1992 (Shinkansen)
Current operator(s)JR Central, JR West
Route
TerminiTokyo
Hakata
Line(s) usedTōkaidō Shinkansen
San'yō Shinkansen
On-board services
Class(es)Green/standard
Catering facilitiesTrolley service (ended October 2023)
Technical
Rolling stockN700 series, N700S series
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV AC overhead
Operating speed300 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]

Stopping patterns (as of January 2024)

Legend

● All trains stop
△ Some trains stop

Only basic Nozomi stopping patterns are shown. Additional Nozomi trains with differing stopping patterns are added during holiday and high-peak travel periods and are not included in this table.

Station Distance (km)
(from Tokyo) 		Tokyo – Hakata*
Tōkyō 0.0 ●
Shinagawa 6.8 ●
Shin-Yokohama 25.5 ●
Nagoya 342.0 ●
Kyoto 476.3 ●
Shin-Ōsaka 515.4 ●
Shin-Kōbe 548.0 ●
Nishi-Akashi 570.2 △
Himeji 601.3 △
Okayama 676.3 ●
Fukuyama 733.1 △
Hiroshima 821.2 ●
Tokuyama 903.5 △
Shin-Yamaguchi 944.6 △
Kokura 1013.2 ●
Hakata 1069.1 ●

Note:
* Some trains begin/terminate at Nagoya, Shin-Osaka,Nishi-Akashi, Himeji, Okayama, or Hiroshima.

Rolling stock

Current rolling stock

  • N700 series, June 2008
    N700 series, June 2008
  • N700S series, September 2021
    N700S series, September 2021

Former rolling stock

  • 300 series, February 2011
    300 series, February 2011
  • 500 series, February 2010
    500 series, February 2010
  • 700 series, January 2008
    700 series, January 2008

Formations

Current operations

N700 series / N700S series

As of November 2024, trains are formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Hakata end, and car 16 at the Tokyo end. All seats are non-smoking.[4][5][6]

Car no. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Class Standard Standard Green Standard
Reservation Non-reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved
Facilities Toilet Toilet   Toilet Vending machine Toilet Toilet Vending machine, toilet, wheelchair space   Toilet   Toilet  

Electric power outlets are located at the ends and at window seats of standard cars, and at each seat in Green cars.

In 2021, payphones were removed from cars 4, 9, 15 (previously present on N700 trains only) and car 12 (previously present on all trains). In March 2024, smoking rooms were removed from all Tokaido, San'yo, and Kyushu Shinkansen trains and station platforms.[7][8]

  • N700 series Green car interior
    N700 series Green car interior
  • N700 series standard-class car interior
    N700 series standard-class car interior

Former operations

700 series

Services formerly operated with 700 series sets at the time of their removal in March 2020 were as follows:[3]

Car No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Class

and Reservation

Standard
Non-reserved		 Standard
Non-reserved		 Standard
Non-reserved		 Standard
Reserved		 Standard
Reserved		 Standard
Reserved		 Standard
Reserved		 Green
Reserved		 Green
Reserved		 Green
Reserved		 Standard
Reserved		 Standard
Reserved		 Standard
Reserved		 Standard
Reserved		 Standard
Reserved		 Standard
Reserved
Facilities Toilet Cardphone Toilet, vending machine   Toilet Cardphone Toilet   Toilet   Vending machine, toilet, wheelchair space Cardphone Toilet   Vending machine, toilet, cardphone  
Smoking No-smoking No-smoking No-smoking No-smoking No-smoking No-smoking No-smoking No-smoking No-smoking Smoking No-smoking No-smoking No-smoking No-smoking Smoking Smoking

History

Wartime steam services

The Nozomi name was first used for long-distance express services operated between Busan in Japanese-occupied Korea and Mukden (now Shenyang) in the former Manchukuo (now China) from 1934.[9] From 1938, the services were extended to run between Busan and Xinjing (now Changchun) in Manchukuo. The 1,530 km (950 mi) journey from Busan to Xinjing took over 29 hours, with an average speed of 52 km/h (32 mph). The services were run down between 1943 and 1944.[9]

Shinkansen services

Nozomi shinkansen services commenced on March 14, 1992, using new 300 series trainsets with a top speed of 270 km/h (170 mph). From March 1997, 500 series trainsets were introduced on Tokyo - Hakata Nozomi services, running at a maximum speed of 300 km/h (190 mph) and covering the section between Shin-Osaka and Hakata in 2 hours 17 minutes.

700 series trains were introduced on Nozomi services in 1999, and N700 series trains were introduced from July 1, 2007, initially with four daily round-trip runs. All regularly scheduled through Nozomi services to the San'yō Shinkansen (Tokyo–Hakata) were operated by N700 series sets from 13 March 2010. From the start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012, all regularly scheduled Nozomi services, including runs limited to the Tokaido Shinkansen, were operated by N700 series sets.

Effective December 2023, JR Central and JR West adjusted all Nozomi services to operate completely with reservations during three seasons that experience the highest ridership: New Years and Christmas (late December through the first week of January), Golden Week (29 April to 5 May), and the Obon festival (mid to late August).[10] These adjustments were made in a bid to increase seat patronage and reduce the amount of standing passengers.[10] Starting in March 2025, Nozomi services will begin operating with only two unreserved cars instead of three outside of peak periods, with officials citing an increase in the popularity of online train reservations.[11]

See also

References

  • JR新幹線＆特急列車ファイル [JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File]. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. 2008. ISBN 978-4-330-00608-6.
  • JR Timetable, March 2008 issue
  1. ^ a b Hyperdia: Shin-Osaka–Tokyo timetable for 2009-06-11[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Use of "NOZOMI" and "MIZUHO" Shinkansen bullet trains". Japan Railways Group. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b "新幹線700系の8日ラストラン取りやめ 感染拡大防止で 1日が最後の運行に" [700 Series Shinkansen Last Run Cancelled]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Mainichi. 2 March 2020. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. ^ JR Timetable, August 2011, p.997
  5. ^ 新幹線　車両大全 [Shinkansen Cars Encyclopedia]. Tokyo, Japan: Ikaros Publications Ltd. November 2011. pp. 60–135. ISBN 978-4-86320-526-0.
  6. ^ "Accommodations of trains". Central Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  7. ^ Kinoshita, Kenji (17 October 2023). "東海道・山陽・九州新幹線の車内喫煙ルーム、2024年春にすべて廃止" [All smoking rooms on Tokaido, Sanyo, and Kyushu Shinkansen trains will be discontinued in spring 2024.]. MyNavi Corporation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Smokers bitter as cigarettes banned on all Shinkansen lines | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis". The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  9. ^ a b JR急行・快速列車 [JR Express & Rapid Trains]. Tokyo, Japan: Railway Journal. 2 November 1991. p. 127.
  10. ^ a b "JR東海・JR西日本，3大ピーク期に"のぞみ"を全席指定席で運転" [JR Central and JR West to Discontinue Non-Reserved Seats on all Nozomi Services during Three Major Holidays]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 September 2023. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  11. ^ Hosozawa, Ayateru (28 November 2024). "Nozomi bullet train to reduce non-reserved seats in March". Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
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