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If you are looking for the timetable of Shinknasen or major limited express trains, try to find it on JR Groups websites. Otherwise you can check the timetables on the following site, Hyperdia.

Hyperdia

Hyperdia covers all railway lines, bus lines and even domestic flights. It is very simple to use. But I show you some capture images.

JR Group’s website

All JR companies except JR West have English website and show some timetables.

JR Hokkaido timetable

JR Hokkaido is doing good job. They have all limited express trains, such as Super Kamui, Super Ozora, Super Hokuto and more, overnight express Hamanasu and most of local trains! Some of local trains are not on the timetable. But I think this is enough for the tourists from other countries.

JR East timetable

This website show you the timetables of Tohoku Shinkansen, Joetsu Shinkansen, Nagano Shinakansen, Akita Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinaksen, Narita Express, Odoriko/Super View Odoriko, Nikko/Kinugawa, Super Azusa/Azusa/Kaiji, Hakutaka and Super Hitachi/Hitachi. These are only trains that can be reserved online in ALL JR TRAINS.
This does not show any overnight trains, such as Cassiopeia, Hokutosei, Sunrise Izumo, Sunrise Seto and Akebono. And these overnight trains cannot be reserved online either.

JR Central (JR Tokai) timetable

This website shows the timetable of Tokaido Shinkansen between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka.
Westbound (from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka) | Eastbound (from Shin-Osaka to Tokyo)
This website does not show other JR Central trains, such as Wide View Hida, Shinano, Wide View Nanki.

JR West timetable

You are able to find the timetables at the bottom of this English website. It shows you the timetables for Sanyo Shinkansen (Shin Osaka-Hakata), Haruka (Kansai airport-Shin Osaka/Kyoto), Thunderbird (Osaka-Kanazawa/Toyama), Kuroshio (Kyoto/Shin Osaka-Shingu) and Kinosaki/Konotori/Hashidate/Hamakaze (Osaka/Kyoto-Kinosaki Onsen).

JR Shikoku timetable

JR Shikoku has English website. But it shows the timetables in Japanese. They put the numbers on all JR Shikoku stations and mention how to read Japanese timetable. However it is too complicated to read. I recommend to use Hyperdia.

JR Kyushu timetable

You can find the timetable of Kyushu Shinkansen and all limited express trains in Kyushu, such as Kamome, Sonic, Trans-Kyushu Limited Express, Hayato no Kaze, Umisachi-Yamasachi and more.

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66 Comments to “Guide to plan your trip. How to find Japan Railway’s timetables”

1. Limm says:

   June 14, 2013 at 1:17 am

   Hello Takeshi / JP Rail,
   We’d like to travel to Takayama in the end of this month (Arr. at Chubu Airport at 0800 a.m.of 28th June). Can we get on the Limited Express Wide View Hida from Chubu Airport or we have to get on it from Nagoya station? And if we can get on it from the airport, would you please give me the details of which platform we’re gonna take and how to get there?

   Thanks & Best regards,
   Limm

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   • JPRail says:

     June 14, 2013 at 1:01 pm

     Hi Limm,

     You have to get Nagoya station first.
     At Nagoya staion, Wide View Hida departs from platform #4,5 or 6. You can see the map at the following link:
     http://english.jr-central.co.jp/info/station/index.html

     Cheers,

     Takeshi / JP Rail

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     • Limm says:

       June 17, 2013 at 11:33 pm

       Many thanks, Takeshi.

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       • JPRail says:

         June 18, 2013 at 12:04 am

         No problem, Limm.
         Enjoy your trip.
         Cheers,

         Takeshi / JP Rail

         Reply
2. Alex says:

   May 11, 2013 at 5:12 am

   Hello, I’ve been confused with all kinds of trains
   I will have my JP rail pass for 3 weeks
   can I ask few questions:
   1.I will be at Osaka, Tokyo, Hakone,Fuji 5 lakes,Kyoto, Uwajima and Kirishima
   does the JP pass covers all these destinations?
   many thanks for your reply
   with KR’s
   Alex

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   • JPRail says:

     May 11, 2013 at 1:01 pm

     Hi Alex,

     Regarding Fuji, Hakone, Tokyo and Osaka, please see the following links:
     http://jprail.com/destinations/chubu-area/how-to-use-japan-rail-pass-to-go-to-mt-fuji.html
     http://jprail.com/travel-informations/tips-for-japan-rail-pass/how-to-get-hakone-from-tokyo-compare-japan-railway-and-odakyu-lines.html
     http://jprail.com/travel-informations/best-way-efficient-how-much-can-we-use-japan-rail-pass-in-downtown-tokyo.html
     http://jprail.com/travel-informations/tips-for-japan-rail-pass/how-to-use-japan-rail-pass-in-downtown-osaka.html

     Regarding Uwajima, you can get there by JR Pass.
     http://jprail.com/trains/sort-by-type/limited-express/limited-express-shiokaze-ishizuchi.html

     But you may need to get local bus to Kirishima. It depends on which part of Kirishima you will go.
     http://jprail.com/destinations/limited-express-hayato-no-kaze.html

     Cheers,

     Takeshi / JP Rail

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3. Pınar Yavaşca says:

   March 24, 2013 at 10:25 am

   I will go to Osaka 11 april and will arrive 07.00 pm. I want to go Hakone but I don’t how can I go. I find some knowledge for example kansai-odawara by JRT but how many hours ? I cant find and after odawara to hakone-yumoto station but I can’t find time table and when is last train time please help me. If between kansai-odawara time is 6 hours (in my opinion ı dont know how many hours) I think I can take a train may be 08.00-.8.30 pm earlier and then 02.00am I will arrive. Can I find a train or bus to hakone?

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   • JPRail says:

     March 24, 2013 at 2:36 pm

     Hi Pınar,

     I think you will not be able to get Hakone on arrival day.
     If you go to Hakone from KIX, average travel time is the following:

     KIX (JR train Haruka) Shin-Osaka Travel time 50 mins
     http://jprail.com/trains/sort-by-type/limited-express/kansai-airport-limited-express-haruka.html
     http://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/travel-information/timetable/pdf/timetable_haruka.pdf

     Shin-Osak (Tokaido Shinkansen) Odawara Travel time 3 to 3.5 hours
     http://english.jr-central.co.jp/info/timetable/_pdf/eastbound.pdf

     According to timetable above, the earliest Haruka that you will be able to take is 20:16 departure. Even if you can take it, you cannot make Shinkansen to get Odawara. The last Shikansen that can take you to Odaweara is 20:37 departure.
     Shin-Osaka 20:37 (Nozomi 60) 22:54 Shin-Yokohama 23:06 (Kodama) 23:22 Odawara

     If you take 20:16 departure Haruka, you will be Shin-Osaka at 21:06. You cannot make it as you see.

     The only choice for you is staying in Osaka on arrival day. Unfortunately you cannot go to Hakone on arrival day.
     There is only one overnight train from Osaka to Tokyo. But you cannot make a booking from outside of Japan without Japanese speaking. It’s sold out very often. It is too risky to book it on arrival day.

     I recommend you to stay in Osaka and go to Hakone next day.

     Cheers,

     Takeshi / JP Rail

     Reply
4. Gary says:

   March 14, 2013 at 6:37 pm

   Greetings Takeshi:

   The information you provide is so excellent!

   We are interested in scenic rail trips. It seems that one of them is around the mountainous Kii Peninsula. We would like to leave Shin-Osaka on April 16 on board the Kuroshio1 arriving at Kii-Katsuura at about 11:31. Then we would want to take the Wide View Nanki 6 from there departing at about 12:23 to Nagoya. The WVN6 is shown in the 2012 JR English timetable and also comes up in the Jourdan.co.jp website timetable. But no WVN6 in Hyperdia. Has this train been dropped? Also, I have a question about fares but I will ask it in the ‘Fares’ section. THANKS GARY

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   • JPRail says:

     March 15, 2013 at 2:51 am

     Hi Gary,

     I don’t know why Hyperdia does not show it. But I found Nanki 6. It will run.
     The fare is same as other Wide View Naki. If you can find other Wide View Nanki at Hyperdia, you can use that fare.

     Cheers,

     Takeshi / JP Rail

     Reply
5. Kriz says:

   March 9, 2013 at 9:18 am

   Hi, thank you so much for all your information on the Japan railway. I understand that you have put a link for the shinkansen schedule. However, I guess I am way too noob for that, I don’t understand the the timetable at all. Please kindly advice on the earliest time for departure at the osaka shinkansen. It will be of great help to me. Thank you.

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   • JPRail says:

     March 10, 2013 at 12:34 am

     Hi Kriz,

     If you don’t use JR Pass, 6:00 departure “N200″ (means Nozomi #200) is the earliest. If you use JR Pass, 6:08 departure H504 (means Hikari #504) is the earliest.

     Cheers,

     Takeshi / JP Rail

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     • Kriz says:

       March 10, 2013 at 6:19 am

       Thank you so much! Really appreciate your reply alot! ^^

       Reply
       • JPRail says:

         March 10, 2013 at 3:24 pm

         No problem, Kriz,
         Takeshi / JP Rail

         Reply