Note: 'regular railway lines being operated in parallel' indicate the Tokaido main line for the Tokaido Shinkansen line, the Tokaido main line, Sanyo main line and Kagoshima main line for the Sanyo Shinkansen line, the Tohoku main line for the section between Tokyo Station and Morioka Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen line, (the Tohoku main line), the Takasaki line, Joetsu line and Shinetsu main line for the Joetsu Shinkansen line, and the Kagoshima main line for the section between Sendai Station (located in Kagoshima Prefecture) and the Kagoshima-Chuo Station on the Kyushu Shinkansen line.
注「並行在来線」とは、東海道新幹線では東海道本線、山陽新幹線では東海道本線・山陽本線・鹿児島本線、東北新幹線の東京駅-盛岡駅間では東北本線、上越新幹線では（東北本線）・高崎線・上越線・信越本線、九州新幹線の川内駅(鹿児島県)-鹿児島中央駅間では鹿児島本線のこと。