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The shinkansen is FAST! 177-miles-per-hour fast to be exact. Engineers achieved this speed through a combination of several ingenious solutions: an aerodynamic design for the train fuselage, a track that cuts through Japan's famously mountainous terrain with minimal curves and a state of the art Automatic Train Control system that keeps trains running at their maximum safe speed for every segment of the journey.
JR maintains the highest standards of high-speed railways through non-stop innovation and evolution of its trains. When that shinkansen first began service it took four hours to make the 341 mile journey from Tokyo to Osaka, in 2020 that was cut down to just 2 hours and 21 minutes.
It's no exaggeration to say the shinkansen has a perfect safety record. How perfect? Try ZERO accidents, EVER. From automatic speed controls to near constant testing of equipment, the shinkansen gets a lot of personal attention to keep you safe. In fact, the shinkansen doesn't even share tracks with any other trains and there are no road crossings along all of its routes.
The Shinkansen moves a lot of people at a frequency of a maximum 17 trains, per
hour. Every day 378* perfectly choreographed shinkansen trains carrying a maximum
of 1,319 passengers zoom across Japan. That’s nearly half a million people zipping
across Japan. I’m sure there’s a high school math question in there somewhere…
*FY2019
Maximum 17 trains? How about usual timetable? – Don’t worry!
Timetable Example - 9:00 AM Hour
※as of September 27, 2023
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57
Nozomi
Hikari
Kodama
Running 378 trains per day is no easy task, but keeping them all on time is a minor miracle of logistical planning. Of course it all comes down to who's behind the wheel. All Shinkansen drivers undergo rigorous training to make sure passengers travel safely and promptly arrive at their destinations. In 2019 the average Shinkansen delay was a whopping 12 seconds! So think again before you call in late for work due to train delay.
Carries more people, gets there faster, and does so with by far the smallest carbon footprint*. There’s no contest – the Shinkansen is the eco-friendliest, and fastest way to travel between Tokyo and Kyoto.
*Comparison between Tokaido Shinkansen N700 Nozomi and Boeing B777-200, Tokyo to Osaka. Shinkansen consumes approx. 1/8th the amount of energy per seat than the 777-200. Shinkansen discharges approx. 1/12th the CO2 emissions than the 777-200
