In other words, the merits, etc. of making detours are the consideration of the attitudes of the landowners whose property the line would cross, the convenience of other towns and villages, as well as connection with other railway lines.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

A piece of railway in use today is therefore the product of a long series of decisions reached at different times for many different reasons.

A piece of railway in use today is therefore the product of a long series of decisions reached on many different grounds, at different times.

Both lines were forced to shut down when their station buildings, bridges and tracks were badly damaged or destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami that hit the region in March 2011.

If a high hill stood between A and B, it was important to decide whether the line should climb over it, pierce it with a tunnel, or make a detour to avoid it.

About 86 percent of the 286-kilometer line will run underground or through tunnels, especially in urban areas like Tokyo and Nagoya.

The surveyor could also advise the promoters which route could be most easily - and therefore most cheaply - constructed.

The surveyor could also advise the promoters which route could be most easily—and therefore most cheaply—constructed.

On April 6, a 10.5-kilometer section of track between Omoto and Tanohata stations reopened on Sanriku Railway Company's Kita Riasu Line.

They have run on routes all over the country since 1958 but a decline in the number of passengers and the deterioration of the cars have led to the trains' retirement.

However, because of its height, trains cannot cross the bridge when the wind is strong, and it is very expensive to repair and maintain an iron bridge.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan requests all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer, a Japanese national, to pass freely and without hindrance and, in case of need, to afford him or her every possible aid and protection.

If next-generation trains someday replace conventionally powered trains, there will be no wasteful electric discharge on overhead wires and no need for line maintenance.

This is aerodynamically the best shape to minimize wind resistance and to reduce noise when a shinkansen enters a tunnel.

Kintetsu Corporation is currently constructing a train terminal building in Abeno Ward, Osaka.

The train ran on the test track between the cities of Tsuru and Otsuki with train staff on board.

A tourism industry official said, "We need the Shinkansen to resume service by the beginning of December. There's no other way to improve the situation."

in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'

The doors of the second train opened once but soon closed, and passengers were trapped in the smoke-filled darkness with no instructions on evacuation.

To travel between Tokyo and Osaka, many people use the Shinkansen instead of airlines because the Shinkansen is usually cheaper and easier to ride.

The new line runs through the world's longest undersea tunnel, the 54-kilometer Seikan Tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait.

On the day of the reopening, Ota Akihiro, the minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, attended a ceremony held at Miyako Station on the Kita Riasu Line.

Wayne Rogers, the chairman of an American company promoting the development of a maglev train system in the U.S., also went along on the test ride.

To ease such worries, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is making guidelines for building wind power plants in port areas.

The previous record for the longest land tunnel was the 25.8-kilometer Iwate-Ichinohe Tunnel on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line.

For example, a trainee can practice operating a train while checking signs, buildings and other landmarks along actual train routes.

At the train stations of the participating companies, a passenger who buys a train ticket or a one-day pass will receive a special discount pass that can be used in the local area.

a port from which foreign vessels are allowed to come and go from freely and to which the Customs Act of that country is not applied

Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tokai) recently revealed details about the planned Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line that will run between Shinagawa, in Tokyo, and Nagoya.

The Tohoku Shinkansen Line started service between Omiya Station in Saitama Prefecture and Morioka Station in Iwate Prefecture on June 23, 1982.

So East Japan Railway Company plans to make Tokyo Station and its surroundings more attractive.