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Tokaido Shinkansen - Japan
Japan surprised the world by launching a fast train Shinkansen (bullet train) in 1964 to serve the route of the Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka-Kyoto, and the velocity is only around 201 km / h.
Each track has their own names (Tokaido, Tohoku, etc.), and each type of carriage was identified by a nickname (Nozomi, Hikari, etc.). Almost 40 years since its first appearance, Shinkansen was carrying six billion passengers without a significant accident. Shinkansen route also has a very high frequency, such as route of Tokyo and Shin-Osaka impassable six trains per-hour (not per day!).
"Hikari" means "light", is the first service on the route Shinkansen Tokaido / Sanyo. Since the emergence of Nozomi trains, currently provides service in the mid-level with a few extra stops, but still high speed. Hikari trains linking Tokyo and Osaka in approximately three hours. His appearance is more nuanced than the supersonic jet train, with a futuristic design and exceptional comfort.
Means "hope", Nozomi trains it only takes 2.5 hours to travel the distance of the Tokyo-Osaka, and 5 hours up to all destinations in the southernmost tip of the islands in Hakata (Fukuoka). Train lines in Japan is supporting the commercial intensive mobilization of the population in these areas, although for it to run every train would cost up to $ 40 million.
These include the train Train types of superconducting magnetic Levitation - maglev (floating above a magnetic track) and try it in the test could reach 581 km / h and has so far not been used commercially. China took a step forward with first lebh operating maglev train this type in 2004.
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