The Tōkaidō Shinkansen (東海道新幹線) is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen line, opened in 1964 between Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka. It is the most heavily travelled high-speed rail route in the world by
far; its cumulative ridership of 4.9 billion passengers dwarfs all other
systems and lines worldwide.[1]
Nozomi (のぞみ) is the fastest train service running on the Tōkaidō/Sanyō Shinkansen in Japan.
The service stops at only the largest stations, and along the stretch between Shin-Osaka and Hakata, Nozomi services using N700 series equipment reach speeds of 300 km/h (186 mph).
The trip between Tokyo and Osaka, a distance of 515 kilometres, takes 2 hours 26 minutes on the fastest Nozomi.[1]
The trains stop at fewer stations than the Hikari trains.
The Nozomi train service is not covered by the Japan Rail Pass.
The word nozomi in Japanese means "hope" or "wish".
Hikari (ひかり, "Light") is the name of a high-speed train service running on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen "bullet train" lines in Japan. Slower than the premier Nozomi but faster than the all-stations Kodama, the Hikari is the fastest train service on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen that is covered in the Japan Rail Pass.
The Sanyō Shinkansen (山陽新幹線 San'yō Shinkansen) is a line of the Japanese Shinkansen high-speed rail network, connecting Shin-Ōsaka in Osaka with Hakata Station in Fukuoka, the two largest cities in western Japan.
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