JR Central to Add More Tokaido Shinkansen Trains in March 2026 Timetable Revision

Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) will add more trains during peak usage periods on the Tokaido Shinkansen with the timetable revision to be implemented on March 14, 2026.

Additional temporary Nozomi services will be introduced for outbound trains departing from Tokyo Station between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., and for inbound trains departing from Shin-Osaka Station between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., operating up to a maximum of 13 Nozomi trains per hour. On certain days, some of the temporary Nozomi services departing Shin-Osaka Station in the 5:00 p.m. hour will terminate at Shinagawa Station.

In addition, an extra temporary Nozomi will be added departing inbound from Kyoto Station at 6:03 a.m. It will arrive at Tokyo Station 11 minutes earlier than the first inbound departure from Shin-Osaka Station. This service will mainly operate on Mondays or days following holidays, Saturdays, and the first days of consecutive holiday periods.

The currently temporary inbound Nozomi departing Nagoya Station at 6:28 a.m. will be made a regular scheduled train, and the timetable of conventional (non‑Shinkansen) lines will also be adjusted. The Nozomi departing the same station at 6:37 a.m. will be set as a temporary train.

On days with high demand, the first inbound Kodama from Nagoya Station will instead start from Gifu-Hashima Station. As a result, passengers from Gifu-Hashima Station will be able to arrive at Tokyo Station 34 minutes earlier than before. The last inbound Kodama bound for Shizuoka Station will be sped up, and transfers from temporary Nozomi services at Nagoya Station will also be made possible.

The final temporary inbound Nozomi from Hakata Station to Shinagawa Station will be added. The final temporary outbound Nozomi from Tokyo Station to Shin-Osaka Station will be extended to Hiroshima Station, and the temporary Nozomi from Okayama Station to Tokyo Station will be extended to start from Hiroshima Station.