Nozomi
500 Series Nozomi Shinkansen at Kyoto Station, March 2005
Service type	Super Express
Operator	JR Central, JR West
Line used	Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Sanyō Shinkansen
Started	1992
Rolling stock	300/500/700/N700 series

700 Series Nozomi Shinkansen at Okayama Station, April 2007

The interior of a 700 Series Shinkansen (Nozomi), September 2004

Nozomi (のぞみ, Nozomi^?) is the fastest train service running on the Tōkaidō/Sanyō Shinkansen. is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen line opened in 1964 between Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka. The is one of the lines of the Shinkansen High speed rail network in Japan. The is a Network of High-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies Along the stretch between Shin-Kobe and Hakata, Nozomi services using 500 series equipment reach speeds of 300 km/h (186 mph). is a Train station located on the Sanyō Shinkansen line serving the city of Kobe, Japan and the surrounding area Hakata Station (博多駅 Hakata-eki) is the main railway terminal of the city of Fukuoka, Japan. The trip between Tokyo and Osaka, a distance of 515 kilometers, takes only 2. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū 5 hours on the Nozomi.

The 300 Series Shinkansen, 500 Series Shinkansen, 700 Series Shinkansen, and N700 Series Shinkansen are presently used for Nozomi services. The 300 Series Shinkansen high-speed Trainsets for Japan 's Shinkansen dedicated high-speed railways were introduced in 1992 on the Tōkaidō The 500 Series Shinkansen are the fastest most powerful and most expensive Trainsets yet to run on Japan 's Shinkansen high-speed rail network The 700 Series Shinkansen trainsets for Japan 's Shinkansen dedicated high-speed rail lines were built between 1997 and 2004 entering service in 1999 The N700 Series Shinkansen is a High-speed train with tilting capability developed jointly by JR Central and JR West for use on the Tōkaidō The latest, the N700, was introduced on Nozomi services on July 1, 2007, with four daily round-trip runs. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[1] It is projected that all through Nozomi services (i. e. Tokyo-Hakata) will be operated by N700 trains by 2009, and all regularly-scheduled Nozomi services will be operated by N700 trains by 2011.

The trains stop at slightly fewer stations than the Hikari trains. is one of the train services running on the Japanese Tōkaidō / Sanyō Shinkansen "bullet train" lines On the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Nozomi trains stop at Tokyo Station, Nagoya Station, Kyoto Station, and Shin-Ōsaka Station. is a Train station located in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grounds and the is a train station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. is the most important transportation hub in Kyoto, Japan. It has Japan's second-largest Train station building (after Nagoya Station) and is one of is a train station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the western terminus of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, and the eastern terminus of the Sanyō Shinkansen On the Sanyō line, all Nozomi trains stop at Shin-Kobe Station, Okayama Station, Hiroshima Station, Kokura Station, and Hakata Station. is a Train station located on the Sanyō Shinkansen line serving the city of Kobe, Japan and the surrounding area is a railway station located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. is a JR West railway station located in Minami-ku Hiroshima, Japan. in Kokura Kita ward is the main railway station in Kitakyushu, Japan. Hakata Station (博多駅 Hakata-eki) is the main railway terminal of the city of Fukuoka, Japan. Certain Nozomi trains stop at additional stations as well. The Nozomi is the only JR daytime train service not covered by the Japan Rail Pass. The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as, consists of seven for-profit companies that took over most of the Assets and Operations of the government-owned The is a railpass sold by the Japan Railways Group, and is good for travel on all major forms of transportation provided by the JR Group with a few exceptions

The word nozomi in Japanese means "hope" or "wish". It was selected since something faster than the existing services Hikari, "light, ray", and Kodama, "echo", was needed. is one of the train services running on the Japanese Tōkaidō / Sanyō Shinkansen "bullet train" lines Kodama (こだま is one of the three train services running on the Tōkaidō / Sanyō Shinkansen.

Nozomi began service on March 14, 1992. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)

Nozomi Stopping Patterns (As of March, 2008)

Key
● All trains stop
▲ Some trains stop
▬ No trains stop/Service does not run here
(###) Train numbers included in/excluded from table
¹ Some trains begin/terminate in Nishi-Akashi, Himeji, Okayama or Hiroshima.
² Some trains begin/terminate in Nagoya.

NOTE: 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. Stations not served by Nozomi trains are also not included.

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