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Shinkansen (新幹線) in Japanese means 'new trunk line' or 'new main line', but this word is used to describe both the railway lines the trains run on and the trains themselves. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In English, the trains are also known as the bullet train.
The train reached a speed of 382 km/h (237 mph) on 27 October 2020, setting the new speed record trains running commercially. [ 13 ] In January 2025, The Hindustan Times reported, citing anonymous sources, that the production version of the ALFA-X, know as the E10, may simultaneously enter service in Japan and on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed ...
W7 series set W3 in August 2020. The E7 series (E7系, E-nana-kei) and W7 series (W7系, Daburu-nana-kei) Shinkansen are Japanese high-speed electric multiple unit train types operated on the Hokuriku and Jōetsu Shinkansen lines, and jointly developed by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) respectively.
Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a global revolution in high-speed rail travel that continues to this day.
This is a route-map template for the Tokaido Shinkansen, a railway in Japan.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
JR新幹線＆特急列車ファイル (JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File). Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. 2008. ISBN 978-4-330-00608-6. 列車名鑑1995 (Train Name Directory 1995). Japan: Railway Journal. August 1995.
Nozomi (のぞみ, "Wish" or "Hope") is the fastest train service running on the Tokaido and San'yō Shinkansen lines in Japan. The service stops at only the largest stations, and services using N700 series equipment reach speeds of 300 km/h (186 mph) along the stretch between Shin-Ōsaka and Hakata.
The N700 series (N700系, Enu nana-hyaku-kei) is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train with tilting capability developed jointly by JR Central and JR West for use on the Tōkaidō and San'yō Shinkansen lines since 2007, and is operated by JR Kyushu on the Kyushu Shinkansen line. N700 series trains have a maximum speed of 300 km/h (186 mph ...