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 The Japanese "New Rail Line" Shinkansen first started it's operation in 1964. Unlike the current high speed systems world wide, the Shinkansen is a separate system of it's own. The trains run their own track all the way between their stations in the bigger cities. Of course this will crunch additional minutes of the scedules, with huge added costs in already built cities. For the moment the Shinkansen page is mostly a Japan super high speed picture page, but we will gradually add more information and additional pictures while they become available.
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the members of an impressive Shinkansen series 300.
The
same streamlined shape pictured from behind. Two Shinkansen 300's reasting at the Osaka station. Look at the heavy electric connection on the roof between the cars.
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entrance with doors that slide into the side. The newer Shinkansen train "Hikari Rail Star" boarding at the airport...I mean station, alhough the personnel in the background sure look like they would be from the airport.
Hikari Rail Star for Shinkansen, another view to the streamlined shape of the Japanese designed nose. Many of the modern Japanese trains exported around the world have interesting streamlined design.
Hikari Rail Star pantograph and "fins" .
Shinkansen series 300 seen on the Shinkansen line. Notice the separate traditional rail line close by. If this was in Europe, the super fast traffic would use traditional infrastructure inside the cities and the super high speed lines would be built outside the cities. In many cases it would be difficult to find new corridors for new lines in older European cities.
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