Central Japan Railway Co. showed a new shinkansen bullet train model to the media during a test run on Tuesday. The railway operator known as JR Tokai star
NAGOYA – Central Japan Railway Co. showed a new shinkansen bullet train model to the media during a test run on Tuesday.
The railway operator known as JR Tokai started daytime test runs of the new N700S series Monday, having conducted test runs at nighttime starting in March.
The latest model features a distinctive nose shape for superior aerodynamic performance compared with the current N700 series.
The model was shown to the media at Mikawa-Anjo Station in Aichi Prefecture during a test run involving a 600-km round trip between the company’s Hamamatsu plant in Shizuoka Prefecture and Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka Prefecture.
