Nozomi (train)

Template:Nihongo is the fastest train service running on the Tokaido and San'yō Shinkansen lines in Japan. The service stops at only the largest stations, and services using N700 series equipment reach speeds of Template:Convert along the stretch between Template:STN and Template:STN. The trip between Tokyo and Osaka, a distance of Template:Convert, takes 2 hours 21 minutes on the fastest Nozomi service, with the fastest service between Tokyo Station and Hakata taking 4 hours 45 minutes.<ref name="hyperdia-1">Hyperdia: Shin-Osaka–Tokyo timetable for 2009-06-11Template:Dead link</ref>

The trains stop at fewer stations than the Hikari and Kodama trains. On the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka, Nozomi trains stop only at Template:STN, Template:STN, Template:STN and Template:STN.<ref name="hyperdia-1" /> On the Sanyō Shinkansen between Shin-Ōsaka and Hakata, all Nozomi trains stop at Template:STN, Template:STN, Template:STN and Template:STN, with certain trains also stopping at additional stations.

Foreigners traveling with a Japan Rail Pass are required to purchase a special ticket to use the Nozomi service.<ref name="jrgroup">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Wartime steam services

The Nozomi name was first used for long-distance express services operated between Busan in Japanese-occupied Korea and Mukden (now Shenyang) in the former Manchukuo (now China) from 1934.<ref name="jrexpressrapid1991">Template:Cite book</ref> From 1938, the services were extended to run between Busan and Xinjing (now Changchun) in Manchukuo. The Template:Convert journey from Busan to Xinjing took over 29 hours, with an average speed of Template:Convert. The services were run down between 1943 and 1944.<ref name="jrexpressrapid1991" />

Shinkansen services

Nozomi shinkansen services commenced on March 14, 1992, using new 300 series trainsets with a top speed of Template:Convert. From March 1997, 500 series trainsets were introduced on Tokyo - Hakata Nozomi services, running at a maximum speed of Template:Convert and covering the section between Shin-Osaka and Hakata in 2 hours 17 minutes.

700 series trains were introduced on Nozomi services in 1999, and N700 series trains were introduced from July 1, 2007, initially with four daily round-trip runs. All regularly scheduled through Nozomi services to the San'yō Shinkansen (Tokyo–Hakata) were operated by N700 series sets from 13 March 2010. From the start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012, all regularly scheduled Nozomi services, including runs limited to the Tokaido Shinkansen, were operated by N700 series sets.

With effect December 2023, JR Central and JR West adjusted all Nozomi services to operate with only reserved seats during three seasons that experience the highest ridership: New Years and Christmas (late December through the first week of January), Golden Week (29 April to 5 May), and the Obon festival (mid to late August).<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> These adjustments were made in a bid to increase seat patronage and reduce the amount of standing passengers.<ref name=":0" /> From the start of the revised timetable on 15 March 2025, Nozomi services began to operate with only two non-reserved seating cars instead of three outside of peak periods, with officials citing an increase in the popularity of online train reservations.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Stopping patterns (as of January 2024)

Legend

●	All trains stop
△	Some trains stop

Only basic Nozomi stopping patterns are shown. Additional Nozomi trains with differing stopping patterns are added during holiday and high-peak travel periods and are not included in this table.

Station	Distance (km) (from Tokyo)	Tokyo – Hakata*
Template:STN	0.0	●
Template:STN	6.8	●
Template:STN	25.5	●
Template:STN	342.0	●
Template:STN	476.3	●
Template:STN	515.4	●
Template:STN	548.0	●
Template:STN	570.2	△
Template:STN	601.3	△
Template:STN	676.3	●
Template:STN	733.1	△
Template:STN	821.2	●
Template:STN	903.5	△
Template:STN	944.6	△
Template:STN	1013.2	●
Template:STN	1069.1	●

Note:
* Some trains begin/terminate at Nagoya, Shin-Osaka, Nishi-Akashi, Himeji, Okayama, or Hiroshima.

Rolling stock

Current rolling stock

• N700 series (July 2007 – present)
• N700S series (July 2020 – present)

• 
  N700 series, June 2008
• 
  N700S series, September 2021

Former rolling stock

• 300 series (March 1992 – March 2012)
• 500 series (March 1997 – February 2010)
• 700 series (March 1999 – March 2020)<ref name="MN020320">Template:Cite web</ref>

• 
  300 series, February 2011
• 
  500 series, February 2010
• 
  700 series, January 2008

Formations

Current operations

N700 series / N700S series

As of March 2025, trains are formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Hakata end, and car 16 at the Tokyo end. All seats are non-smoking.<ref name="tt201108">JR Timetable, August 2011, p.997</ref><ref name="shinkansen2011">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Car Template:Abbr	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Class	Standard		Standard					Green			Standard
Reservation	Non-reserved		Reserved					Reserved			Reserved
Facilities	Toilet		Toilet		Toilet	Vending machine	Toilet		Toilet		Vending machine, toilet, wheelchair space		Toilet		Toilet

Electric power outlets are located at the ends and at window seats of standard cars, and at each seat in Green cars.

In 2021, payphones were removed from cars 4, 9, 15 (previously present on N700 trains only) and car 12 (previously present on all trains). In March 2024, smoking rooms were removed from all Tokaido, San'yo, and Kyushu Shinkansen trains and station platforms.<ref name=":02">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• 
  N700 series Green car interior
• 
  N700 series standard-class car interior

Former operations

700 series

Services formerly operated with 700 series sets at the time of their removal in March 2020 were as follows:<ref name="MN020320"/>

Car No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Class and Reservation	Standard Non-reserved	Standard Non-reserved	Standard Non-reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved	Green Reserved	Green Reserved	Green Reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved
Facilities	Toilet	Cardphone	Toilet, vending machine		Toilet	Cardphone	Toilet		Toilet		Vending machine, toilet, wheelchair space	Cardphone	Toilet		Vending machine, toilet, cardphone
Smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	Smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	Smoking	Smoking

See also

• List of named passenger trains of Japan

References

• Template:Cite book
• JR Timetable, March 2008 issue