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- The fastest train the world had ever seen was launched in Japan in 1964. The first Shinkansen, or bullet train, ran between Tokyo and Osaka, and had a top speed of 210km per hour.
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The Shinkansen (Japanese: 新幹線, [ɕiŋkaꜜɰ̃seɴ] ⓘ, lit.'new main line'), colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. Initially, it was built to connect distant Japanese regions with Tokyo, the capital, to aid economic growth and development.
5 days ago · Inauguration of the line, just before the start of the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games, was greeted by widespread international acclaim, and the Shinkansen was quickly dubbed the “bullet train” for the great speed the trains obtained and for the aerodynamic bullet shape of their noses.
- The Early Days of The Shinkansen
- Expansion and Development
- Present Day
A high-speed intercity train network that currently consists of more than 2,600 kilometers of rail lines, the Shinkansen was first launched more than 50 years ago. Its inaugural segment, the Tokaido Shinkansen, started operation on October 1, 1964, shortly before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. A trip between Tokyo and Osaka used to take six hou...
Due to the public’s affirmative response to the Shinkansen, an extensive rail network that extended to the west, to Okayama, Fukuoka, and Hiroshima was built and finished in 1975. Shinkansen networks that link the islands of Kyushu and Honshu to a number of large urban areas were also established. Over the years, more lines, including the Sanyo Shi...
In the past ten years, the Shinkansen has transported more than 10 billion commuters, averaging about 150 million passengers per year. In Tokyo and Osaka alone, as many as 26 16-car trains, with a capacity of 1,300 seats each, operate in both directions every hour. The fastest bullet train currently operating in Japan is the Nozomi, which covers th...
Jan 25, 2019 · Inauguration, 1964. A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the railway project in 1959, near what would be Mishima Station on the Tokaido Line. In just five years, the first train line was completed. On October 1, 1964, the line opened to commuter traffic at 6 AM.
Fifty years ago this year, the first Shinkansen bullet train shot out of a station platform in Tokyo. Jonathan Glancey salutes a classic of design that created the blueprint for railway...
The first high-speed rail system, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, began operations in Honshu, Japan, in 1964. Due to the streamlined spitzer-shaped nose cone of the locomotive, the system also became known by its English nickname bullet train.
Oct 1, 2014 · On October 1, 1964, the shinkansen began commercial service between Japan’s two largest cities of Tokyo and Osaka. Now 50 years on, the iconic train runs from Aomori in the north to...
