Route: Shin-Osaka - Hakata

Length: 554 km
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Service operating: Nozomi (Super fast), Hikari, Kodama (all station service)
Train:
500 and 700 series for Nozomi service,
300 and 700 series for Hikari,
0, 100 and 300 series for Kodama.

This was opened in march 1972 between Shin-Osaka and Okayama, and completed in 1975 to Hakata.the maximum speed is 275 km/h with maximum speed west of Nishi-Akashi of 300 km/h