Kitayama Rail Pages
Tōkaidō main line (JR Central section)


Lines on this page
Railway Line Linetype
JR Central Tōkaidō Hon (Atami - Maibara)JR railway

Tōkaidō Hon (Mino-Akasaka branch)JR railway

JR Central 東海旅客鉄道  Tōkai Ryokaku Tetsudō     Central Japan Railway

Tōkaidō Hon (Atami - Maibara) 東海道本線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Iida - Fuji
Biwako Gifu - Nagoya Fuji-san Hamamatsu Izu
Hikone Ōgaki Inuyama Komaki Ōtagawa Fuji Mishima Tokoname Okazaki Toyohashi
Ichinomiya Sukaguchi Ōzone Kanayama Ōe
Shimizu Shizuoka
Central Nagoya
Opened1934Atami - NumazuTracksDouble trackAtami - Nagoya
1884 - 1889Numazu - MaibaraThree tracks or moreNagoya - Inazawa


 Double trackInazawa - Maibara
Between Minami-Arao signal post 3.1 km west of Ōgaki and Sekigahara, there are two alternative lines due to the steep gradient (25 ‰):
* The original line, passing Tarui station, opened in 1884, used by down-hill trains (east-bound). In the other direction runs the "Tarui line" opened in 1946, built where the old main west-bound line run until 1944. This "line" is used only by up-hill (west-bound) local trains.
* A by-pass line, as far as 2.5 km north of the original line, opened in 1944 used by all other up-hill trains. Single-track, not passing Tarui station.

Between Kanayama and Nagoya, the Tōkaido Hon line runs in parallel with Chūō Hon line.
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Atami JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen, JR East: Tōkaidō Hon (Tōkyō - Atami), JR East: Itō 104.6 Atami-shi Shizuoka
Mishima Izu Hakone: Sunzu, JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen 120.7 Mishima-shi
Numazu JR Central: Gotemba 126.2 Numazu-shi
Yoshiwara Gakunan: Gakunan Tetsudō 141.3 Fuji-shi
Fuji JR Central: Minobu 146.2 Fuji-shi
Okitsu
164.3 Shizuoka-shi
Shimizu Shizuoka: Shizuoka-Shimizu [Shin-Shimizu] 169.0 Shizuoka-shi
Kusanagi Shizuoka: Shizuoka-Shimizu 174.2 Shizuoka-shi
Shizuoka Shizuoka: Shizuoka-Shimizu [Shin-Shizuoka], JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen 180.2 Shizuoka-shi
Yaizu
193.7 Yaizu-shi
Fujieda
200.3 Fujieda-shi
Shimada
207.8 Shimada-shi
Kanaya Ōigawa: Ōigawa Hon 212.9 Shimada-shi
Kikugawa
222.2 Kikugawa-shi
Kakegawa Tenryū Hamanako: Tenryū Hamanako, JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen 229.3 Kakegawa-shi
Fukuroi
238.1 Fukuroi-shi
Iwata
245.9 Iwata-shi
Hamamatsu Enshū: Enshū Tetsudō [Shin-Hamamatsu], JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen 257.1 Hamamatsu-shi
Shinjohara Tenryū Hamanako: Tenryū Hamanako 282.4 Kosai-shi
Toyohashi Toyotetsu: Atsumi [Shin-Toyohashi], Toyotetsu: Azumada Hon (Shinai) [Ekimae], JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen,
JR Central: Iida, Meitetsu: Nagoya Hon
293.6 Toyohashi-shi Aichi
Gamagōri Meitetsu: Gamagōri 310.6 Gamagōri-shi
Okazaki Aikan: Aichi kanjō (Aichi Loop) 325.9 Okazaki-shi
Mikawa-Anjō JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen 336.3 Anjō-shi
Kariya Meitetsu: Mikawa 341.6 Kariya-shi
Ōbu JR Central: Taketoyo 346.5 Ōbu-shi
Kyōwa
349.5 Ōbu-shi
Kanayama JR Central: Chūō Hon (West), Meitetsu: Nagoya Hon, Nagoya-shi: Meijō,
Nagoya-shi: Meikō
362.7 Nagoya-shi
Nagoya Kintetsu: Nagoya [Kintetsu-Nagoya], Nagoya Rinkai: Nishi-Nagoyakō, JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen,
JR Central: Chūō Hon (West), JR Central: Kansai Hon, Meitetsu: Nagoya Hon [Meitetsu-Nagoya],
Nagoya-shi: Higashiyama, Nagoya-shi: Sakuradōri
366.0 Nagoya-shi
Biwajima TKJ: Jōhoku 370.0 Kiyosu-shi
Kiyosu
373.8 Inazawa-shi
Inazawa
377.1 Inazawa-shi
Owari-Ichinomiya Meitetsu: Nagoya Hon [Meitetsu-Ichinomiya], Meitetsu: Bisai [Meitetsu-Ichinomiya] 383.1 Ichinomiya-shi
Gifu JR Central: Takayama Hon, Meitetsu: Kakamigahara [Meitetsu-Gifu], Meitetsu: Nagoya Hon [Meitetsu-Gifu],
Meitetsu: Gifu Shinai [Gifu-ekimae]
396.3 Gifu-shi Gifu
Hozumi
402.3 Mizuho-shi
Ōgaki Tarumi: Tarumi, Yōrō: Yōrō, JR Central: Tōkaidō Hon (Mino-Akasaka branch) 410.0 Ōgaki-shi
Tarui
418.1 Tarui-chō
Sekigahara
423.8 Sekigahara-chō
Maibara JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen, JR West: Hokuriku Hon, JR West: Tōkaidō Hon (Maibara - Kōbe),
Ōmi: Hon
445.9 Maibara-shi Shiga

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Jan 10, 2012
TypeNameOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Limited Express
Tokkyū
特急
Odoriko
踊り子
Tōkyō - Mishima - Izu Hakone: Sunzu line - Shuzenji22h0667 km/h
(Wide View) Fujikawa
(ワイドビュー)ふじかわ
Kōfu - Minobu line - Fuji - Shizuoka
Suspended since Sep 2011 due to typhoon damages
72h0857 km/h
(Wide View) Shinano
(ワイドビュー)しなの
Nagano - Matsumoto - Nagoya - Maibara - Ōsaka15h1883 km/h
(Wide View) Hida
(ワイドビュー)ひだ
Nagoya - Gifu - Takayama - Toyama43h4369 km/h
Nagoya - Gifu - Takayama - Hida-Furukawa12h4865 km/h
Nagoya - Gifu - Takayama52h1674 km/h
Takayama - Gifu - Maibara - Ōsaka14h1570 km/h
Shirasagi
しらさぎ
Nagoya - Maibara - Kanazawa - Toyama
One train/day has a through part to Kanazawa - Wakura-Onsen.
83h3289 km/h
Sleeper Limited Express
Shindai tokkyū
寝台特急
Sunrise Seto / Sunrise Izumo
サンライズ瀬戸 / サンライズ出雲
Tōkyo - Hamamatsu - (no stops) - Himeji - Okayama -
Takamatsu (Sunrise Seto) / Izumo (Sunrise Izumo)
1/night

Special Rapid
Tokubetsu kaisoku
特別快速

Hamamatsu - Nagoya - Ōgaki12h0673 km/h
Toyohashi - Nagoya - Sekigahara11h4574 km/h
Toyohashi - Nagoya - Ōgaki191h2681 km/h
Special Rapid
Shin kaisoku
新快速

Hamamatsu - Nagoya - Ōgaki11h5778 km/h
Toyohashi - Nagoya - Maibara42h0474 km/h
Toyohashi - Nagoya - Ōgaki231h2582 km/h
Okazaki - Nagoya235 min69 km/h
Okazaki - Nagoya - Ōgaki11h1072 km/h
Rapid
Kaisoku
快速
Moonlight Nagara
ムーンライトながら
Tōkyō - Numazu - Gifu - Ōgaki
Seasonal night train - runs only during peak periods

6h4361 km/h

Toyohashi - Nagoya - Ōgaki141h2879 km/h
Toyohashi - Nagoya258 min75 km/h
Taketōyo - Ōbu - Nagoya243 min54 km/h
Ōbu - Nagoya119 min62 km/h
Kyōwa - Nagoya - Ōgaki11h0160 km/h
Kōzōji -Chūō line - Nagoya - Gifu150 min65 km/h
Kanayama - Nagoya - Maibara41h2360 km/h
Nagoya - Ōgaki135 min75 km/h
Ōgaki - Maibara (- Ōsaka/Kakogawa/Aboshi)333 min65 km/h
Regional Rapid
Kukan kaisoku
区間快速

Hamamatsu - Nagoya - Ōgaki12h1468 km/h
Toyohashi - Nagoya - Sekigahara11h5568 km/h
Toyohashi - Nagoya - Ōgaki21h3574 km/h
Toyohashi - Nagoya - Gifu11h3863 km/h
Takatōyo - Ōbu - Nagoya1947 min50 km/h
Local
Futsū
普通
Home Liner Hamamatsu
ホームライナー浜松
Numazu - Hamamatsu11h3781 km/h
Shizuoka - Hamamatsu358 min80 km/h
Home Liner Shizuoka
ホームライナー静岡
Numazu - Shizuoka140 min81 km/h
Home Liner Ōgaki
ホームライナー大垣
Toyohashi - Nagoya - Ōgaki11h3276 km/h
Home Liner Sekigahara
ホームライナー関ケ原
Nagoya - Sekigahara247 min74 km/h

Tōkyō - Atami - Shizuoka13h2553 km/h
Tōkyō - Atami - Numazu92h0561 km/h
Atami - Hamamatsu152h2255 km/h
Atami - Shimada171h4261 km/h
Atami - Shizuoka71h1560 km/h
Atami - Fuji147 min53 km/h
Atami - Numazu519 min68 km/h
Mishima - Hamamatsu62h2058 km/h
Mishima - Shimada31h3157 km/h
Mishima - Shizuoka459 min61 km/h
Mishima - Fuji426 min59 km/h
Mishima - Numazu
Some trains to Gotemba line (Gotemba/Kōzu)
216 min55 km/h
Numazu - Hamamatsu42h1260 km/h
Numazu - Shimada11h2458 km/h
Numazu - Shizuoka
One train from Gotemba line (Gotemba)
452 min62 km/h
Fuji - Shimada11h1450 km/h
(Shimobeonsen - Minobu line - ) Fuji - Shizuoka136 min57 km/h
Okitsu - Hamamatsu211h2863 km/h
Okitsu - Shimada646 min57 km/h
Okitsu - Shizuoka116 min60 km/h
Shizuoka - Gifu24h0553 km/h
Shizuoka - Toyohashi31h4664 km/h
Shizuoka - Hamamatsu81h0868 km/h
Shizuoka - Kikugawa139 min65 km/h
Shizuoka - Shimada827 min61 km/h
Kikugawa - Okazaki11h5171 km/h
Kakegawa - Gifu33h2449 km/h
Kakegawa - Toyohashi91h0163 km/h
Kakegawa - Hamamatsu127 min62 km/h
Hamamatsu - Gifu22h4351 km/h
Hamamatsu - Toyohashi2832 min68 km/h
Toyohashi - Ōgaki11h5942 km/h
Toyohashi - Gifu262h0235 km/h
Toyohashi - Okazaki330 min65 km/h
Okazaki - Maibara12h3148 km/h
Okazaki - Ōgaki31h2659 km/h
Okazaki - Gifu221h1656 km/h
Okazaki - Nagoya157 min42 km/h
Kariya - Gifu11h0352 km/h
Taketōyo - Ōbu - Nagoya11h0436 km/h
Ōbu - Gifu61h0050 km/h
Nagoya - Ōgaki - Mino-Akasaka150 min59 km/h
Nagoya - Ōgaki238 min69 km/h
Nagoya - Gifu225 min73 km/h
Ōgaki - Maibara2434 min63 km/h


Tōkaidō Hon (Mino-Akasaka branch) 東海道本線 1067 mm     1500V DC
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page:
Ōgaki
Opened1919TracksSingle track
The line branches off the main line 3.1 km west of Ōgaki at Minami-Arao signal post.
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Ōgaki Tarumi: Tarumi, Yōrō: Yōrō, JR Central: Tōkaidō Hon (Atami - Maibara) 0.0 Ōgaki-shi Gifu
Arao
3.4 Ōgaki-shi
Mino-Akasaka
5.0 Ōgaki-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Jul 28, 2009
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Local
Futsū
普通
Ōgaki - Mino-Akasaka176 min50 km/h
Nagoya - Ōgaki - Mino-Akasaka148 min61 km/h


This page is updated Jan 6, 2012