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    The Tsubame (つばめ) is a train service operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) on the Kyushu Shinkansen in Japan since 2004. The word tsubame (燕)...
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    operate through to Shin-Ōsaka Station via the San'yō Shinkansen. All-stop trains are named Tsubame ("Swallow"), the name of the former Hakata-Kagoshima...
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    opening of the entire Kyushu Shinkansen route on 12 March 2011, 800 series trains were primarily used on all-stations Tsubame services operating mostly between...
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    The Shinkansen (Japanese: 新幹線, [ɕiŋkaꜜɰ̃seɴ] , lit. 'new trunk line'), colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway...
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    (Yahagi) - Yoshida - Nishi-Tsubame - Tsubame - (Tsubame-Sanjō) Note: Although the nearest stop on the Jōetsu Shinkansen is called Tsubame-Sanjō Station, the station...
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    Shinkansen ticket barriers at Tsubame-Sanjō Station The Yahiko Line ticket barriers at Tsubame-Sanjō Station Platform of Jōetsu Shinkansen Platform of Yahiko Line...
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  • Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion (Japanese: 新幹線変形ロボ シンカリオン, Hepburn: Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkarion, "Transforming Bullet Train Robot Shinkalion")...
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    The Jōetsu Shinkansen (上越新幹線) is a high-speed shinkansen railway line connecting Tokyo and Niigata, Japan, via the Tōhoku Shinkansen, operated by the...
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    the station reopened. The section of the Joetsu Shinkansen between Echigo-Yuzawa Station and Tsubame-Sanjo Station closed. Buses transferred passengers...
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  • The Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion anime series features an extensive cast of characters designed by Yuka Aono. Mainly the drivers from Shinkansen Ultra...
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    constructed: Tōkaidō Shinkansen 515.4 km (320.3 mi), completed in 1964 Sanyō Shinkansen 553.7 km (344.1 mi), completed in 1975 Tōhoku Shinkansen 492.9 km (306...
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    Tokyo Station (category Tōkaidō Shinkansen)
    northbound Shinkansen lines from Ueno in 1991, the station also became a gateway to northeast Japan. Served by the high-speed rail lines of the Shinkansen network...
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    Island, was an active gold mine until it was closed in 1989. Sanjō and Tsubame produce 90 percent of all the silverware made in Japan. The two cities...
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    Hakata Station (category Sanyō Shinkansen)
    in Kyushu for travelers coming from Honshu by rail travel. The San'yō Shinkansen from Osaka ends at this station. The station was rebuilt in 2011. The...
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    high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallels the line. The term "Tōkaidō Main Line" is largely a holdover from pre-Shinkansen days; now various portions...
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    built up its premium rail services through the development of the Kyushu Shinkansen high-speed rail line and the Seven Stars in Kyushu luxury excursion train...
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    Express Relay Tsubame (2004–2011) From the start of the revised timetable on 12 March 2011, with the completion of the Kyushu Shinkansen, 787 series sets...
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    facilitate an easy and fast connection between the Relay Tsubame train and the Tsubame shinkansen train on the same platform. The spur line was not used...
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    - Jōetsu Shinkansen Tsubame-Sanjō JR East - Shin'etsu Main Line Obiori - Tōkōji - Sanjō - Higashi-Sanjō - Honai JR East - Yahiko Line Tsubame-Sanjō - Kita-Sanjō...
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    Toki (train) (category Jōetsu Shinkansen)
    Toki (とき) is a high-speed Shinkansen train service operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on the Joetsu Shinkansen in Japan. The name is taken...
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  • Rail transport in Japan JR Timetable, December 2008 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...
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    STAR21 (category Jōetsu Shinkansen)
    national speed record of 425.0 km/h (264.1 mph) on the Jōetsu Shinkansen between Tsubame-Sanjō and Niigata. This record stood until it was broken by JR...
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    Kyōto Station (category Tōkaidō Shinkansen)
    Station is served by the following railway lines: JR Central Tōkaidō Shinkansen JR West A Biwako Line (Tōkaidō Main Line) A JR Kyōto Line (Tōkaidō Main...
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    Kariwa Kashiwazaki Mitsuke Nishikan-ku, Niigata Ojiya Sanjō Tōkamachi Tsubame Uonuma Yahiko Nagaoka has a humid climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by...
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    2020. Kaimon – connected Mojikō and Nishi-Kagoshima; replaced by Dream Tsubame in March 1993. Kitaguni – connected Osaka and Niigata; downgraded from...
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    station is served by the Kyūshū Shinkansen and is located 47.9 km from the starting point of the line at Hakata. All Tsubame services and some Sakura services...
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  • cyclone Trunks (Dragon Ball) Tsu, Mie Tsu (kana) Tsu-11 Tsuba Tsubame, Niigata Tsubame (Shinkansen) Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Tsubouchi Shoyo Eiji Tsuburaya...
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    Mitooka, Eiji (21 December 2004). ぼくは「つばめ」のデザイナー―九州新幹線800系誕生物語 [Tsubame 800 Kyushu Shinkansen Design Story]. Kodansha. p. 155. ISBN 978-4062125321. Mitooka...
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    southernmost high-speed Shinkansen railway terminal in Japan. The station is the southern terminus of the Kyushu Shinkansen and is located 288.9 km from...
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  • Shin-Tamana Station (新玉名駅, Shin-Tamana-eki) is a railway station on the Kyushu Shinkansen in Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan, operated by the Kyushu Railway Company (JR...
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