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Shinkansen (新幹線) in Japanese means 'new trunk line' or 'new main line', but this word is used to describe both the railway lines the trains run on and the trains themselves. [11] [12] In English, the trains are also known as the bullet train.
The New Shinkansen: Technology and Economic Effects 北陸新幹線 その技術と経済効果: Jessica Claros 3 May 14, 2015 May 11, 2015 Isumi Railway: There's Nothing Here! いすみ鉄道 ここには、何もないがあります: Charlotte Kate Fox: 4 June 12, 2015 May 31, 2015 Diesel Hybrid Trains: Japan's World-Leading Technology
Mighty Trains (also known as Megatrains on Discovery Channel Australia [2]) is a documentary television program, part of the "Mighty" franchise, alongside Mighty Planes, Mighty Cruise Ships, Mighty Ships and The Mightiest. [3] This series was produced in Canada and aired on the Discovery Channel Canada. [4]
The Bullet Train (Shinkansen Daibakuha), a 1975 Japanese movie starring Sonny Chiba; Bullet Train (band), a Japanese boyband; Bulletrain, a Swedish hard rock band "Bullet Train" (song), a song by Judas Priest; Bullet Train, a 2010 novel by Kōtarō Isaka Bullet Train, a 2022 film based on the novel
The H5 series, a cold-weather derivative of the E5 series, is operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido); it has been in use on Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen services since 26 March 2016. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Ordered in February 2014, a total of four 10-car sets were built by Hitachi and Kawasaki Heavy Industries at a cost of approximately ¥ ...
The predecessor for the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines was originally conceived at the end of the 1930s as a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge dangan ressha (bullet train) between Tokyo and Shimonoseki, which would have taken nine hours to cover the nearly 1,000-kilometer (620 mi) distance between the two cities.
The N700 series (N700系, Enu nana-hyaku-kei) is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train with tilting capability developed jointly by JR Central and JR West for use on the Tōkaidō and San'yō Shinkansen lines since 2007, and is operated by JR Kyushu on the Kyushu Shinkansen line.
' The Shinkansen's Big Explosion ') is a 1975 Japanese action thriller film [4] directed by Junya Sato and starring Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba, and Ken Utsui. When a Shinkansen ("bullet train") is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if it slows below 80 km/h unless a ransom is paid, police race to find the bombers and to learn ...