Category Archives: Yamanashi 山梨
What’s in a name? 山 やま yama mountain
This kanji can also be pronounced as 山 さん san, but then it means Mt, as in Mt Fuji 富士山 ふじさん.
Narita Airport Line 成田空港線 なりたくうこうせん
The whole line is operated by Keisei Electric Railway, while some parts of the line are operated by other companies as well, such as Hokuso Railway. The new line is used by Skyliner services operating at up to 160 km/h using new Keisei AE series EMUs.
The project involved the refurbishment of 32.3 km of existing track on the Hokusō Line, as well as the construction of 19.1 km of new track to Narita Airport, partly using disused rights-of-way originally planned for the cancelled Narita Shinkansen project. The total cost, according to the Narita Rapid Rail Access website, was estimated to be ¥126 billion, or about US$1.3 billion.
Trains also utilize the Keisei Electric Railway‘s Main Line between Keisei Ueno and Keisei-Takasago. Trains run at a maximum speed of 160 km/h, thus completing the run from Nippori to Airport Terminal 2 in 36 minutes, 15 minutes faster than the previous Skyliner route, which took 51 minutes. Trains also run towards Haneda Airport from Narita Airport via Keisei-Takasago using Toei Asakusa Line, the Keikyu Main Line and the Keikyu Airport Line.This makes it possible to connect the two airports around 65 minutes, as opposed to the previous minimum of 106 minutes. Fare for the route is ¥2,400 from either Nippori or Ueno stations.
Service on this line commenced on July 17, 2010.
There are also plans to build a track from the Toei Asakusa Line to Tōkyō Station, opening a (potentially) faster route to the airport via the Keisei Oshiage Line.
(from Keisei Information Site)
Useful travel information:
Seen from space, Japan
東京 とうきょう Tokyo
Soichi Noguchi 野口 聡一
大阪 おおさか Osaka
富士山 ふじさん Mt Fuji
Maglev train
リニアモーターカー
りにあもーたーかー
This is the prototype of the Maglev Train, or Linear Motor Car that is being developed to initially run between Tokyo and Osaka. The train has no wheels, but works on the principle of magnetic levitation. It can achieve incredible speeds. However, one of the problems the designers have to overcome is the fact that between Tokyo and Osaka there are many hills, mountains and cities – Mt Fuji for one and that is a volcano. The cost is phenominal, but obviously worth it. It should be noted that China has now got a slower version of this Maglev train. Nevertheless, Japan is still the front runner for this type of super-speed transportation.
いちばん はやい the fastest
いちばん たかい the most expensive
いちばん きれい the most beautiful
いちばん ながい the longest
電車 でんしゃ
Train
未来の電車 みらい の でんしゃ
Train of the future
リニアモーターカー
Linear Motorcar
Mt Fuji 富士山 ふじさん
Mt Fuji with Yokohama in the foreground. Visitors to Japan do not realise how close Mt Fuji is to Yokohama and Tokyo.
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