‘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: