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Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a global revolution in high-speed rail travel that continues to this day.
' 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 ...
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.
To achieve the full benefit of Shinkansen trains travelling on the dual gauge section at 260 km/h (160 mph) (the maximum speed proposed through the tunnel), alternatives are being considered, such as a system to automatically slow Shinkansen trains to 200 km/h (125 mph) when passing narrow-gauge trains, and/or loading freight trains onto ...
A 0 Series, the model of Shinkansen involved. At 6:30pm local time, after using a public phone on the platform, 17-year old student Yusuke Kawarazaki attempted to board a westbound Kodama service when his finger got stuck in the door as it closed. [1] [2] The Shinkansen train then left the station, dragging Kawarazaki with it. The student was ...
The cult anime series Galaxy Express 999 has also been credited with popularising steam at the time. [ 15 ] Since being first introduced at Shinjuku and Shibuya stations in 1989 [ 16 ] eki-melo have become popular amongst densha otaku , [ 17 ] with one composer Minoru Mukaiya regularly drawing large crowds to his recitals of them.
A film sequel to the anime, titled Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Movie: The Mythically Fast ALFA-X That Came From the Future (Japanese: 劇場版 新幹線変形ロボ シンカリオン 未来からきた神速のALFA-X, Hepburn: Gekijō-ban Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkarion Mirai Kara Kita Shinsoku no Arufaekkusu) premiered in cinemas ...
The nose of car 1 is 16 metres (52 ft 6 in) long, and is a brand new design, while the nose of car 10 is similar to the E5 Series Shinkansen and H5 Series Shinkansen, but is 22 metres (72 ft 2 in) long, with only 4.5 metres (14 ft 9 in) remaining for passengers with three rows of seating. [5]