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14-530: The line is operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) from Kameyama , the eastern terminus, to Shingū , and by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) from Shingū to Wakayamashi , the western terminus. The segment between Shingū and Wakayama is nicknamed as the Kinokuni Line ( きのくに線 ) , after the alternate name of the Kii Province. The line has connections with through service, to

28-494: Is Japan's most profitable and highest throughput high-speed-rail operator, carrying 138 million high-speed-rail passengers in 2009, considerably more than the world's largest airline. Japan recorded a total of 289 million high-speed-rail passengers in 2009. JR Central is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange with American depositary receipts traded over-the-counter through OTCMG Pink ,

42-645: Is a constituent of the TOPIX Core30 index, and is also one of the three only Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index, the others being JR East and JR West . It is one of Nagoya's gosanke companies along with Toyota and the Chubu Electric Power Company . The JR Central Group consists of JR Central and the following affiliates: Shin-%C5%8Csaka Station Shin-Ōsaka Station ( 新大阪駅 , Shin-Ōsaka-eki )

56-593: Is a major interchange railway station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka , Japan. It is the western terminus of the high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen line from Tokyo, the eastern terminus of the San'yō Shinkansen and one of the main railway terminals in the north of Osaka . The Shinkansen lines are physically joined, and many trains offer through service. Shin-Osaka is about 3 km (1.9 mi) from the older Ōsaka Station ( Shin-Ōsaka-eki means "New Osaka Station"). The new station

70-833: Is composed of sections opened by four different railway companies, which were then nationalised and linked by the JGR/JNR. In 1891, the Kansai Railway opened the Kameyama to Tsu section, with the Sangu Railway opening the Tsu to Shoka section in 1893. At the western end, the Kiwa Railway opened the Wakayamashi to Wakayama section in 1903, and was acquired by the Kansai Railway the following year. The Kansai Railway and

84-541: Is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu ( Nagoya ) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and occasionally as JR Tokai (Japanese: JR東海 ). The term Tōkai refers to the southern portion of Central Japan, the geographical region in which the company chiefly operates. JR Central's operational hub is Nagoya Station and the company's administrative headquarters are located in

98-682: The JR Central Towers above the station. The busiest and longest railway line operated by JR Central is the Tōkaidō Main Line between Atami and Maibara . The company also operates the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka . Additionally it is responsible for the Chūō Shinkansen — a maglev service between Tokyo and Osaka , which is due to start operation between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2034. JR Central

112-674: The Kansai Main Line for Nagoya via the Ise Railway , and to the Hanwa Line at Wakayama for Osaka . The Nanki limited express runs between Nagoya and Shingū or Kii-Katsuura with 4 return workings a day via the Ise Railway . The Kuroshio limited express runs between Kyoto / Shin-Ōsaka / Tennōji and Shingū with 15 return workings a day. The line is generally divided to four parts for local services, by Shingū, Kii-Tanabe , Gobō , and Wakayama . The line

126-492: The Osaka Higashi Line , was commenced by the 16 March 2019. On the northern side of the station, an additional eastbound Shinkansen platform, Track 27, was opened on 16 March 2013. (This northern area was originally reserved for a connection from Awaji Station and Jūsō Station by Hankyu Railway , but these plans were later cancelled and the space unused). This station has one island platform with two tracks on

140-742: The Kii-Katsuura to Taiji section was opened by JGR, extended to Kushimoto the following year, and to Esumi in 1940, providing a link to Wakayama and Osaka. The successor to JGR, the Japanese National Railways (JNR), opened the Owase to Shingu section in stages between 1956 and 1959, completing the line. The Akogi to Takajaya section was double-tracked in 1909, with the Matsusaka to Tokuwa section double-tracked two years later. In 1944, both sections were returned to single track and

154-681: The Sangu Railway were nationalised in 1907. In 1912, the Shingu Railway opened the Kii-Katsuura to Miwasaki section, extending the line to Shingu the following year. The company was nationalised in 1934. On the eastern side of the Kii Peninsula, the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) extended the line from Shoka to Owase in sections between 1923 and 1934, whilst on the western side, it extended the line from Wakayama to Esumi in sections between 1924 and 1938. In 1935,

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168-475: The fourth level, over the platforms and tracks for the JR West Lines in the east. There was a space on the east side of former Track 10 from the opening of the station, where another platform serving current Tracks 9 and 10 is located, and the existing services shifted eastward one platform at a time (and renovations performed on each newly vacated platform), with the westernmost platform used by services on

182-613: The recovered materials recycled for the Japanese war effort. The Wakayama to Kii-Tanabe section was double-tracked in stages between 1964 and 1978. The line was electrified between Wakayama and Shingu in 1978, with the Wakayama to Wakayamashi section being commissioned in 1984. CTC signalling was commissioned between Wakayama and Shingu in 1978, and extended to Kameyama in 1983. Freight services ceased in 1986. Central Japan Railway Company The Central Japan Railway Company

196-460: Was built in 1964 to avoid the engineering difficulties of running Shinkansen lines into the center of the city. The JR Kyoto Line and subway Midōsuji Line provide convenient connections to other stations around the city center. The JR station consists of five island platforms serving ten tracks for JR West Lines at ground level, with two side platforms and three island platforms serving eight Shinkansen tracks operated by JR Central located on

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