
Bullet Trains (19 images)
The Shinkansen or Bullet train is the most successful and busiest high-speed express train system in the world. the first bullet trains ran in 1964, in time for the Tokyo Olympics, connecting Tokyo with the Osaka. The network is currently nearly 2,400 kms long (1,483.6 miles) with trains reaching maximum speeds of 240-300 kms/h (149-186 mph). Plans to extend the network to the Northern Island of Hokkaido and introduce recording breaking Mag-Lev trains are also underway.
-
dcshinkansen20071121-...jpg
A JR 300 class shinkansen bullet train passing...
-
dcshinkansen20080814-...jpg
A female guard looks out of a 700 class...
-
dcshinkansen20080814-...jpg
A female guard looks checks her watch as she...
-
dcshinkansen20080814-...jpg
A destination sign for a Nozomi class...
-
dcshinkansen20080814-...jpg
Abtract image of windows on a JR 700 Shinkansen...
-
dcshinkansen20080814-...jpg
A guard looks out of the window of a class...
-
dcshinkansen20080814-...jpg
Abtract image of the cab of a JR 700 class...
-
dcshinkansen20080814-...jpg
Two JR 300 class Shinkansen bullet trains at...
-
dcshinkansen20080814-...jpg
Abstract image of the cab of a 700 class...
-
dcshinkansen20080814-...jpg
A JR 700 class Shinkansen bullet train at...
-
dcshinkansen20080814-...jpg
A guard checks his watch as he looks out of the...
-
dcshinkansen20080814-...jpg
A mother and son watch a JR 700 class...
-
dcshinkansen20080814-...jpg
A guard looks out of the window of a JR 700...
-
dcshinkansen20080814-...jpg
A guard checks his watch as he looks out of the...
-
dcshinkansen20080814-...jpg
A platform guard blows a whistle an watches a...
-
dctrz0004.jpg
Bullet trains or Shinkansen on tracks near...
-
dc bullet trains-2013...jpg
A older Japanese woman waits for a new,...
-
dcjj -201806250868.jpg
A parapenter flies over a bridge as a...
-
dcjj -201812146868.jpg
An N700 Series Shinkansen or Bullet Train...