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' new trunk line '), colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. It was initially built to connect distant Japanese regions with Tokyo , the capital, to aid economic growth and development.
Caribou (train), a passenger train formerly used in Newfoundland and colloquially referred to as The Newfie Bullet; Bullet, a former passenger train of the Central Railroad of New Jersey; Bullet (interurban), a high-speed U.S. interurban rail car inaugurated in 1931; Bathurst Bullet, a passenger train connecting Sydney and Bathurst, Australia
Bullet Train is a 2022 American action comedy film directed by David Leitch.It is based on the 2010 novel Maria Beetle (titled Bullet Train in the UK and US editions), written by Kōtarō Isaka and translated by Sam Malissa, the second novel in Isaka's Hitman series, of which the first novel was previously adapted as the 2015 Japanese film Grasshopper.
“Bullet Train” was the subject of criticism before its release. The novel is set in Japan with ostensibly Japanese characters. While the film is still set in Japan, many of the characters are ...
In Japan, there is a so-called "4-hour wall" in high-speed rail's market share: If the high-speed rail journey time exceeds 4 hours, then people likely choose planes over high-speed rail. For instance, from Tokyo to Osaka, a 2h22m-journey by Shinkansen, high-speed rail has an 85% market share whereas planes have 15%.
Jackie Chan doesn't appear in Bullet Train, the wild new action film starring Brad Pitt and helmed by maestro of mayhem, David Leitch.But both the director and his star consider the Hong Kong ...
Bullet Train received "Rave" reviews according to the book review aggregator Book Marks based on seven independent reviews. [6] It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly [7] as well as Booklist, where Christine Tran described it as "a twisty, darkly hilarious game of musical chairs that draws out the train's hidden army of assassins and a strong dose of Machiavellian justice."
The JR N700 Series Shinkansen, the first tilting train on Japan's high speed network. A high-speed tilting train is a tilting train that operates at high speed, typically defined as by the European Union to include 200 km/h (124 mph) for upgraded track and 250 km/h (155 mph) or faster for new track.