Japanese

Shinkansen
Faculty of Tehnical Sciences
University of Novi Sad
Vojvodina, Serbia
 Introduction

What is a Shinkansen?

in English is known as the bullet train.

network of high-speed railway lines in

Japan

Why is it bulit?

to connect distant Japanese regions

with Tokyo to aid economic growth and
development
History

The constructors:
Hideo Shima and Shinji Sogo

1 October 1964. Shinkansen

launched between Tokyo and Osaka

speed 210km/h

Length of the Shinkansen line:

• in 1964 was 515km
• today is 2388km

Japan’s impressive high-speed rail

helped inspire the spread of the
technology to other parts of the world
 Shinkansen lines

-several lines that cover most of Japan

and connect all the main cities

Nine lines:
Tokaido, Sanyo, Tohoku, Akita,
Yamagata, Joetsu, Kyushu, Hokkaido ,
Hokuriku.

- routes never intersect with slower,

narrow-gauge conventional lines
 Efficiency

For sixty years:

• over 10 billion passengers
• “zero passenger fatalities”

Since 2014. the trains runs regulary at

speed up to 320 km/h.

Punctuality:
• average delay per trip is under one
minute.
 Capacity & frequency & services

Shinkansen have high capacity and high

frequency:

• -Number of train services per day: 336

• -Number of passengers per day: 229,000
• -Number of seating available: 1,323
seats/train

Three different services to choose from:

• Nozomi - the fastest service. It has limited

stops, so it skips many stations.

• Hikari - the second fastest service. It skips

some stops.

• Kodama - the service that stops at every

station, so it takes the longest
 Shinkansen rules

● No-Smoking

● Form Lines

● Phones on Silent

● Use Headphones

● Luggage Requirements
 Economical & enviromental effects

time savings from switching from a

conventional to a high-speed network:
• 400 million hours

economic contribution:
• ¥500 billion per year (3 billion euros)

reduced congestion

Environment: Traveling from Tokyo to

Osaka produces only around 16% of the
carbon dioxide of the equivalent journey
by car, a saving of 15,000 tons of CO2
per year.
 Shinkansen outside Japan

Taiwan – in service since

2007, with maximum speed
of 300km/h

China – in service since 2004,

with maximum speed of
250km/h

United Kingdom – in service

since 2009, with maximum
speed of 225km/h
 Intresting facts

In 2015 shinkansen broke the world

railway speed record (L0 Series maglev
train hit a speed of 603km/h)

built in earthquake-safe features

the most eco-friendly way to travel

tickets are expensive . The ordinary 7-day

ticket pass:
50000 yen (312 euros)
Thank you for
watching !