TOKYO: A new model of bullet train set to go into provider forward of the Tokyo Olympics hit a record pace of 360 kilometers (224 miles) in step with hour in a test run, operator JR Central said.
The N700s -- the suffix stands for ‘preferrred’ -- is the first new model of bullet train on Japan’s busiest line for almost a decade. The train is lighter and uses much less energy than present designs, in addition to boasting additional security features in case of earthquakes.
The record was accomplished past due on Friday on tracks linking Maibara and Kyoto, said Central Japan Railway Co., higher referred to as JR Central. It’s the fastest pace a industrial model of shinkansen bullet train has ever accomplished, even supposing the train is predicted to run at the line’s present most sensible pace of 285 kph when it enters provider.
JR Central is spending 240 billion yen ($2.2 billion) at the advent of the train series, and will proceed tests at the most sensible pace till mid June.
Japan’s bullet trains, which debuted the same year as the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, are famed for their reliability and protection. Japan is pitching the trains for export, with JR Central aiming to promote the Supreme model to Texas and Taiwan.
Another JR company, East Japan Railway Co., is recently testing the Alfa-X, which is able to operate at 360 kph when it’s introduced in 2030 on lines linking Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido.
The N700s -- the suffix stands for ‘preferrred’ -- is the first new model of bullet train on Japan’s busiest line for almost a decade. The train is lighter and uses much less energy than present designs, in addition to boasting additional security features in case of earthquakes.
The record was accomplished past due on Friday on tracks linking Maibara and Kyoto, said Central Japan Railway Co., higher referred to as JR Central. It’s the fastest pace a industrial model of shinkansen bullet train has ever accomplished, even supposing the train is predicted to run at the line’s present most sensible pace of 285 kph when it enters provider.
JR Central is spending 240 billion yen ($2.2 billion) at the advent of the train series, and will proceed tests at the most sensible pace till mid June.
Japan’s bullet trains, which debuted the same year as the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, are famed for their reliability and protection. Japan is pitching the trains for export, with JR Central aiming to promote the Supreme model to Texas and Taiwan.
Another JR company, East Japan Railway Co., is recently testing the Alfa-X, which is able to operate at 360 kph when it’s introduced in 2030 on lines linking Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido.
New bullet train model 'Supreme' hits record speed in test run
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