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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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    The Shinkansen (Japanese: 新幹線, [ɕiŋkaꜜɰ̃seɴ] , lit. 'new main line'), colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway...
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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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    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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    stop on the Jōetsu Shinkansen is called Tsubame-Sanjō Station, the station is physically located in the city of Sanjō and not in Tsubame. Hokuriku Expressway...
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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 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    the Shinkansen platform. From 2004 to 2011, Relay Tsubame limited express trains from Hakata on the Kagoshima Line provided the link to the Shinkansen line...
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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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    - 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    the Kyushu Shinkansen, and is located on the Kagoshima Main Line and Ibusuki-Makurazaki Line. It is also the southernmost high-speed Shinkansen railway terminal...
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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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    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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  • (Nagaoka) 32. Jizōdō-shuku (地蔵堂宿) (Tsubame) 33. Sekinakashima-shuku (関中島宿) (Tsubame) 34. Watabe-shuku (渡部宿) (Tsubame) 35. Teradomari-shuku (寺泊宿) (Nagaoka)...
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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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    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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    river. The Higashiyama mountain range lies to the east. Niigata Prefecture Tsubame Yahiko Nishikan-ku, Niigata Izumozaki Kashiwazaki Kariwa Tōkamachi Ojiya...
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