Thursday, July 7, 2011

‘SHINKANSEN’ BULLET TRAINS OF JAPAN


‘SHINKANSEN’ BULLET TRAINS OF JAPAN

The Shinkansen, also known as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies.
1. Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
2. East Japan Railway Company (JR East)
3. West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
4. Kyushu Japan Railway Company (JR Kyushu)
THE FIRST TRAIN - “Tōkaidō Shinkansen” , world's busiest high-speed rail line.
Tōkaidō Shinkansen, opened in 1964 between Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka
700 series passes the tea fields between Shizuoka and Kakegawa
Main shinkansen: length-2,387.7 km (1,483.6 mi)
                             maximum speeds - 240–300 km/h (149–186 mph)
Mini-shinkansen: length- 283.5 km (176.2 mi)
                            maximum speed- 130 km/h (81 mph)
Test runs : for conventional rail- 443 km/h (275 mph)  in 1996
                 for maglev trainsets - 581 km/h (361 mph)  in 2003 - world record
List of Shinkansen lines - 6 :
Line
Start End length (km) operator Opened
(1)Tōkaidō Shinkansen
tokyo shin-osaka 515.4 JR central 1964
(2)Sanyō Shinkansen
shin-osaka hakata 553.7 JR west 1972
(3)Tōhoku Shinkansen
tokyo shin-aomori 674.9 JR east 1982
(4)Jōetsu Shinkansen
omiya niigata 269.5 JR east 1982
(5)Nagano Shinkansen
takasaki nagano 117.4 JR east 1997
(6)Kyūshū Shinkansen
hakata kagoshima- chuo 256.8 JR kyushu 2004
INTERIORS
                                         
Space for luggage behind the last row of seats







 
Accessible toilet and wash corner on a modern train set



CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL TRAINS:


 

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