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 Lineup of JR East Shinkansen trains, October 2009 |
The , also known as the "Bullet Train", is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies. Starting with the Tōkaidō Shinkansen in 1964, the network has expanded to currently consist of of lines with maximum speeds of , of Mini-shinkansen lines with a maximum speed of , and of spur lines with Shinkansen services. The network presently links most major cities on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu, with construction of a link to the northern island of Hokkaido underway and plans to increase speeds on the Tōhoku Shinkansen up to . Test runs have reached for conventional rail in 1996, and up to a world record for maglev trainsets in 2003.
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| Biting the Bullet: What we can learn from the Shin... Biting the Bullet: What we can learn from the Shinkansen www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/Hood.html - Web |
| East meets West East meets West www.asahi.com/english/nation/TKY200410150138.html - Web |
| Bullet on wheels Bullet on wheels www.thehindubusinessline.com/.../2005081900120300.htm - Web |
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| NYT Obituary (20 March 1998)- Hideo Shima, a Desig... NYT Obituary (20 March 1998)- Hideo Shima, a Designer of Japan's Bullet Train, Is Dead at 96 www.nytimes.com/.../hideo-shima-a-designer-of-japan-s-bullet-train-is-dead-at-96.html - Web |
