I rode on a Japanese bullet train with top speeds of nearly 200 miles per hour. Despite the downsides, I'd do it again.
I took Japan's famous bullet train Shinkansen for the first time. My trip from Osaka to Tokyo was quick with comfy seats, but ...
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Japan's speedy, spotless Shinkansen bullet trains turn 60
Each day nearly a quarter of a million passengers ride the Tokaido Shinkansen line, which stretches from Tokyo past Mount Fuji to Hakata around five hours away. One top-speed Nozomi train arrives ...
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World's Fastest Train Runs Into Trouble
The Shinkansen network of railway lines already ... reaching a top speed of 374 miles per hour during a test run near Mount Fuji. Once open to the public, the trains will travel at a maximum ...
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Lone Star Shinkansen? Wide Open Spaces Make Texas The Perfect Market For Japan's Bullet Train
The mountainous countryside makes for steep gradients and lots of curves. The Shinkansen trains are so fast that booming in and out of tunnels can create serious turbulence. Running through some ...
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Typhoon No. 10 shuts down trains, flights and roadways
Direct connections to the Tokaido Shinkansen will be canceled ... Interchange and the Shin-Tomei Expressway between the Shin-Fuji Interchange and Shin-Shimizu Junction.
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Yamanashi ends Mt. Fuji railway plan, looks into rubber-tire tram
The station will be built to coincide with the opening of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev train line. Yamanashi Prefecture might also expand the Fuji Tram system for use on other ordinary roads ...
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Disruption of Japan's Shinkansen service sends passengers scrambling
A power outage disrupted Shinkansen bullet train services on the Tohoku, Hokuriku and Joetsu lines Tuesday. East Japan Railway Company says the suspension of over 280 train operations affected ...