Specifications - Shinkansen High-Speed 'Bullet Train', Japan
| System | |
| Operator | japan railways Group |
| Groups | east japan railways (EJR) central japan railways (CJR) west japan railways (WJR) |
| opening date | 1964 |
| Planned | 830 km/519 m |
| under Construction | 510 km/319 m |
| present route length | 1953 km/1220 m |
| Gauge | 1435 mm |
| maximum line speed (sanyo shinkansen (between okayama and Hakata) from march 1997) | 300 kmh/186 mph |
| average speed | 262 kmh |
| Electrification | |
| Voltage | 25 kV |
| Current | ac |
| rolling stock | |
| series 0 (1963) | 528 |
| series 100 (1985) | 1056 |
| series 300 (1990) | 1208 |
| series N300 (1997) | 61 |
| special characteristics | |
| links Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka | |
| World' fast end-to-end service | |
| japan national railways disbanded 1987 | |
| operated by three independent companies | |
| holds world speed record (443 kmh/275 mph) | |
| 350 kmh/220 mph ambition | |
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