Tōkaidō Shinkansen
There are three types of trains serving this route. When the Tōkaidō Shinkansen started operations in 1972, only Hikari and Kodama were serving this line. Among the two trains types, Kodama trains stop at all stations, while the Hikari trains skip some of the stations to make the travel shorter. In early 1990s, Nozomi was added to the service. Nozomi trains skips even more stations then the Hikari, which is now the fastest service on this route.