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New E5 Shinkansen at Start

By Muza-chan on Dec 10, 2009 | In Web | 26 feedbacks »

An article from today’s Mainichi draw my attention: JR East started testing today the new generation of Shinkansen trains - E5, and the new train appeared yesterday in Tokyo Station, running between Tokyo and Ueno.

E5 Series Shinkansen
E5 Series Shinkansen Image via: Wikipedia

The new train is called only E5 because, for now, it doesn’t have a name, like other Shinkansens. The name will be chosen the next year, from proposals received from the public.

E5 will start commercial service in March 2011 on a new line from Tokyo to Shin-Aomori and it is expected to run at a maximum speed of 320 kilometers per hour, covering the distance in 3 hours and 5 minutes.

Tokyo - Aomori

The Japanese Shinkansen (Hikari) was the first scheduled train to attain a top speed of 210 km/h in 1964, but since then, the records were always pushed higher by the French TGVs.

Even if E5 doesn’t have chances to restore the Japanese supremacy in this field, because the current record is held by the China Railway High-speed trains with 350 km/h, it seems that the Japanese trains are trying a comeback to the first position.

I’m looking forward to see what will happen next… :)

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 JapanSoc
New E5 Shinkansen at Start
JR East started testing today the new generation of Shinkansen trains - E5.
12/10/09 @ 18:16
 ohsweetBloG
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New E5 Shinkansen at Start [link]
12/10/09 @ 18:20
 Chikuwa4649
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RT @Muzachan New E5 Shinkansen at Start [link]
12/10/09 @ 18:55
 BlogLinkJapan
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New E5 Shinkansen at Start: [link] #JBlogs
12/10/09 @ 18:58
 Carmen Henesy Email · http://rnsane.blogspot.com
These are amazing trains. I wish I had been able to ride on one when I was in Japan. We need to get one going between L. A. and San Francisco!
12/10/09 @ 19:39
 danielmardjuadi
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RT @Muzachan: New E5 Shinkansen at Start [link]
12/10/09 @ 19:42
 Muza-chan [Member] Email · http://www.muza-chan.net
Actually, I would recommend for tourists a ride with slower, but even more amazing trains like Odakyu's Romancecar.

Shinkansen is a technological marvel, but traveling by train is more pleasurable with a "Romancecar" or something similar. :)
12/10/09 @ 20:02
 neurodrive1
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New E5 Shinkansen at Start: An article from today’s Mainichi draw my attention: JR East started testing.. [link]
12/10/09 @ 20:23
 giancarlodrago
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RT @Muzachan: New E5 Shinkansen at Start [link]
12/10/09 @ 21:08
 LuciF
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New E5 Shinkansen at Start [link] (via @Muzachan)
12/10/09 @ 21:58
 whipcracker Email
RT @Muzachan: New E5 Shinkansen at Start http://bit.ly/90mL56 The Need For More Speed Ganbatte ne. I would really love to ride one, if I ever get to Japan. :)
12/10/09 @ 23:29
 mihaieftimie
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RT @Muzachan: New E5 Shinkansen at Start [link]
12/11/09 @ 06:53
 carlosguzman
On Twitter:
JR (Ferrocarriles de Japón) comenzó las pruebas del nuevo tren bala, el "E5". [link]
12/11/09 @ 09:29
 carlosguzman
On Twitter:
JR (Japan Railways) started test runs for the new "Shinkansen" bullet train, the "E5". [link]
12/11/09 @ 10:40
 Nick
On JapanSoc:
The shinkansen may not be the fastest anymore, but it's probably still way more convenient than its overseas rivals when you factor in waiting times. I'm guessing there's a train every 5 minutes on the Tokaido Line.
12/11/09 @ 15:59
 Muza-chan
On JapanSoc:
That's right, unfortunately, in other countries the quality of technology is not matched by the quality of service...
12/11/09 @ 20:31
 purplehayz
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New E5 Shinkansen at start (#Japan #highspeedtrain) [link]
12/11/09 @ 20:51
 Quarteni
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RT @Muzachan: New E5 Shinkansen at Start [link]
12/11/09 @ 22:55
 hideisalive
On JapanSoc:
Fastest in the United States is the MARC in my home state of Maryland (And extending into West Virginia and DC) Sections operate at 125 MPH. Which is plenty fast for the area I guess. We're working on connecting to the Pennsylvania rails which would actually create a serviceable DC/MD/PA/NJ/NY system. Problem is that it doesn't run that late at night or on weekends. Making it useless to anyone but business types. Its staggering that richest region of the United States isn't adequately linked by rail. You can take Amtrack...if you want to pay ridiculous ticket prices =/
12/12/09 @ 02:54
 zichi
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RT @Muzachan: New E5 Shinkansen at Start [link]
12/12/09 @ 06:32
 hikosaemon
On JapanSoc:
Great to have a 320km/h train - just a shame that it has to rush us in the direction of Aomori... Still, I guess it has the advantage to locals of hurtling them out of Aomori at the same speed. Surely this is going to run on other lines as well?! I guess that no one is thinking of running the Shinkansen to Sapporo any more?
12/12/09 @ 12:55
 Nick
On JapanSoc:
They are. This is just one step. It will eventually be extended all the way to Sapporo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D_Shinkansen
12/12/09 @ 15:14
 hikosaemon
On JapanSoc:
Wow, good link! Thank you for that - it would be great to be able to get to Sapporo in four hours on the train - that would make it closer than Hiroshima or Fukuoka in terms of travelling time, I believe! Back in 1995, I once tried to get to Sapporo in a single day by train on my Japan rail pass - Tokyo to the end of the Shinkansen Line which was in Morioka back then. It took 3 hours to get there, and then 14 hours to get to Hakodate... where I gave up. Thanks for the info, and also thanking you kindly for making me welcome by recommending my blog post. I'm new to the site, but I'm going through a bit of a transition from video to text right now and will try to keep posting stuff here regularly. Cheers!
12/12/09 @ 16:09
 alexvega
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New E5 Shinkansen at Start [link] #greader
12/12/09 @ 22:16
 gimmeabreakman
On JapanSoc:
VERY good photographs!
12/13/09 @ 17:10
 gasbjerg
On Twitter:
Common DSB, you can do it better! (but not to mention the color): Shinkansen at Start [link] #fb
07/07/10 @ 11:42

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