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We went to Hiroshima on the bullet train a few years ago, amazing journey but Hiroshima very depressing. It was a fabulous holiday but bullet train not included, very expensive!
Amazing.
I noticed how clean both the station and the train was. Where was all the litter blowing round the platform and on the tracks. The smart uniform of the ticket collector and the way she acknowledged passengers by touching her hat in salute. The trolley girl bowing as she left the compartment.
It looked so fast.
Is Japan really like this?
Yes, it really is. The children are trained from a very early age, they do not drop litter, they clean their own classrooms. Everyone is very polite, an amazing country.
The maximum operating speed is 320 km/h (200 mph) (on a 387.5 km section of the Tōhoku Shinkansen). Test runs have reached 443 km/h (275 mph) for conventional rail in 1996, and up to a world record 603 km/h (375 mph) for maglev trains in April 2015.
The maximum operating speed is 320 km/h (200 mph) (on a 387.5 km section of the Tōhoku Shinkansen). Test runs have reached 443 km/h (275 mph) for conventional rail in 1996, and up to a world record 603 km/h (375 mph) for maglev trains in April 2015.
Thankyou realspeed , quite incredible. A bit scarey for me