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Some facts for train lovers.. 🚇
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Back in 1964, Japan launched the first high-speed train in the world, the Shinkansen. Still in service today, the trains are known for their punctuality, safety and comfort – all qualities that often come at a high price !
Just before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, it connected the capital with Osaka at a speed of 210 kilometres per hour. And the success was immediate : in less than three years, more than 100 million passengers had travelled on the trains, despite rather high prices.
Year after year, the connections you can take expand up and down the archipelago, and the trains can now reach a whopping 320 kilometres an hour. To do that, the Shinkansen has done one thing very differently from the French TGV. The latter essentially uses the existing railway network, while its Japanese predecessor uses a dedicated network. That means it is never disturbed by other rail traffic, and is the main reason for its legendary punctuality. It doesn’t mess about: the average train delay is estimated to be around six seconds, with very few trains ever more than 30 seconds late. But this isn’t entirely down to that one strategic choice. As many observers of Japan have noted, it no doubt draws a lot of inspiration from the feted discipline of Japanese society itself.
The construction of the new network was evidently a huge undertaking. The mountainous topography of Japan, which explained the older slow and wiggly train routes, meant the work would take decades.
The other quality that is often associated with this train is its undeniable comfort. The carriages, purpose-built and revamped each time a new connection is opened, are 3.21 metres wide, compared with 2.904 metres for the TGV. The seats spin around so travellers always face the direction of travel – a simple idea that avoids the discomfort felt by certain passengers while the landscapes drift by the wrong way.
If you’ve never taken the Shinkansen,
