San'yō Shinkansen

high-speed railway line in Japan between Shin-Osaka and Hakata stations
Thing high_speed_railway_line Q615964
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

San'yō Shinkansen

Summary

San'yō Shinkansen is a high-speed railway line[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of high_speed_railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,904 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • San'yō Shinkansen is located in Osaka Prefecture[3].
  • San'yō Shinkansen is located in Hyōgo Prefecture[4].
  • San'yō Shinkansen is located in Okayama Prefecture[5].
  • San'yō Shinkansen is located in Hiroshima Prefecture[6].
  • San'yō Shinkansen is located in Yamaguchi Prefecture[7].
  • San'yō Shinkansen is located in Fukuoka Prefecture[8].
  • San'yō Shinkansen is in the country of Japan[9].
  • San'yō Shinkansen's instance of is recorded as high-speed railway line[10].
  • San'yō Shinkansen is owned by West Japan Railway Company[11].
  • San'yō Shinkansen is operated by West Japan Railway Company Shinkansen Operations Division[12].
  • San'yō Shinkansen is operated by West Japan Railway Company[13].
  • San’yō Main Line is named after San'yō Shinkansen[14].
  • San'yō Shinkansen is part of Shinkansen[15].
  • San'yō Shinkansen is part of Tōkaidō–San'yō Shinkansen[16].
  • San'yō Shinkansen's Commons category is recorded as Sanyō Shinkansen[17].
  • San'yō Shinkansen's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as 0073BC[18].
  • San'yō Shinkansen's terminus is recorded as JR Shin‐Ōsaka Station[19].
  • San'yō Shinkansen's terminus is recorded as JR Hakata Station[20].
  • 1972 marks the founding of San'yō Shinkansen[21].
  • San'yō Shinkansen's mascot is recorded as Kansenger[22].
  • San'yō Shinkansen's train depot is recorded as Hakata Car Maintenance Center[23].
  • San'yō Shinkansen's train depot is recorded as Hakata Car Maintenance Center Okayama Branch[24].
  • San'yō Shinkansen's train depot is recorded as Hakata Car Maintenance Center Hiroshima Branch[25].
  • San'yō Shinkansen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:San'yō Shinkansen[26].
  • San'yō Shinkansen's type of electrification is recorded as 25 kV, 60 Hz AC railway electrification[27].

Body

Definition and Type

San'yō Shinkansen's instance of is recorded as high-speed railway line[10].

Origins

San’yō Main Line is named after San'yō Shinkansen[14]. 1972 marks the founding of it[21].

Use and Application

Part of include Shinkansen[15], a high-speed rail[28], in Japan[29], founded in 1964[30] and Tōkaidō–San'yō Shinkansen[16], a train service[31], in Japan[32].

Why It Matters

San'yō Shinkansen ranks in the top 9% of high_speed_railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,904 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). San'yō Shinkansen. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/san-y-shinkansen
MLA “San'yō Shinkansen.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/san-y-shinkansen.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_san-y-shinkansen_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{San'yō Shinkansen}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/san-y-shinkansen}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): San'yō Shinkansen — https://4ort.xyz/entity/san-y-shinkansen (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/san-y-shinkansen · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · K8hishi · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of high-speed railway line
    Train depot Hakata Car Maintenance Center, Hakata Car Maintenance Center Okayama Branch, Hakata Car Maintenance Center Hiroshima Branch
    Operator
    Owned by West Japan Railway Company
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1814]]: さんようしんかんせん, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/262426|batch #262426]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.