Post by alexweihmann on Mar 5, 2007 16:52:21 GMT -5
Some of you guys have heard of the Bullit trains from japan, they are making new ones now:
New bullet trains go into production in Aichi
By AP PressThe front carriage of a N700 bullet train at Nippon Sharyo factory in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture. (Mainichi)TOYOKAWA, Aichi -- New "Series N700" bullet trains are being produced at a factory here before making their debut on the Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen Line in July.
Nippon Sharyo, Ltd. is conducting final tests, including some for air-tightedness, on the first 16-carraige trains before they are delivered to the railway operator.
N700 trains are designed to rise by one degree at curves so that they can maintain the maximum speed of 270 kilometers per hour -- almost the same speed as that at which jet planes take off. It will reduce the travel time between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka by five minutes from the current 2 1/2 hours.
In addition, the new model consumes 20 percent less electric power than the existing Series 700.
It will travel on the Tokaido section between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka at the maximum speed of 270 kilometers per hour and the Sanyo section between Shin-Osaka and Hakata in Fukuoka Prefecture at 300 kilometers per hour. About 60 surveillance cameras will be installed on each train.
Central Japan Railway Co., the operator of the Tokaido Shinkansen, and West Japan Railway Co. that owns the Sanyo Shinkansen are expected to introduce 23 N700 trains in fiscal 2007 to replace old Series 300. The number will increase to 54 by the end of fiscal 2009. (Mainichi)
New bullet trains go into production in Aichi
By AP PressThe front carriage of a N700 bullet train at Nippon Sharyo factory in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture. (Mainichi)TOYOKAWA, Aichi -- New "Series N700" bullet trains are being produced at a factory here before making their debut on the Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen Line in July.
Nippon Sharyo, Ltd. is conducting final tests, including some for air-tightedness, on the first 16-carraige trains before they are delivered to the railway operator.
N700 trains are designed to rise by one degree at curves so that they can maintain the maximum speed of 270 kilometers per hour -- almost the same speed as that at which jet planes take off. It will reduce the travel time between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka by five minutes from the current 2 1/2 hours.
In addition, the new model consumes 20 percent less electric power than the existing Series 700.
It will travel on the Tokaido section between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka at the maximum speed of 270 kilometers per hour and the Sanyo section between Shin-Osaka and Hakata in Fukuoka Prefecture at 300 kilometers per hour. About 60 surveillance cameras will be installed on each train.
Central Japan Railway Co., the operator of the Tokaido Shinkansen, and West Japan Railway Co. that owns the Sanyo Shinkansen are expected to introduce 23 N700 trains in fiscal 2007 to replace old Series 300. The number will increase to 54 by the end of fiscal 2009. (Mainichi)