Japan’s maglev is a train to nowhere that continues to wow crowds with record speeds and a smooth, quiet ride at 500 kph. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/tech/maglev-ride/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #shinkansen #jr #rail #jrcentral #aichi #shizuoka #tokyo #maglev #bullettrains
Terence Eden
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Book review "If there were no Shinkansen":
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This is a gloriously nerdy book [by] one of the founding forces behind Japan's Bullet Train [..] for anyone interested in engineering challenges
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Deutsche Bahn built a what?
Schienen-Zeppelin, built in 1931, was a car resembling an airplane that had a propeller at its rear end and ran it over tracks at speeds of 230 km/h.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/book-review-if-there-were-no-shinkansen-shuichiro-yamanouchi/
#JetLagTheGame #shinkansen #DeutscheBahn #deutchebahned #trains #ShuichiroYamanouchi
#ThreeGoodThings from yesterday… all train-related.
1 - we found the #Shinkansen out of #Hiroshima no problems and watched the world go by all up to #Kyoto… where we needed to swap trains and it was absolutely confusing.
2 - yet every decision we made was the right one including speaking to the awesomely helpful staff and ended up being way early for our connection…
3 - then for the final connection - when booking I gave us more time which we needed… perfection.
Now in lovely #Kanazawa🇯🇵🏯
Book review "If there were no Shinkansen":
"""
This is a gloriously nerdy book [by] one of the founding forces behind Japan's Bullet Train [..] for anyone interested in engineering challenges
"""
Deutsche Bahn built a what?
Schienen-Zeppelin, built in 1931, was a car resembling an airplane that had a propeller at its rear end and ran it over tracks at speeds of 230 km/h.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/book-review-if-there-were-no-shinkansen-shuichiro-yamanouchi/
#JetLagTheGame #shinkansen #DeutscheBahn #deutchebahned #trains #ShuichiroYamanouchi
High-speed rail is expensive, difficult and seen as a key to growth in the developing world and as way to help with decarbonization. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/06/companies/ihra-forum-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #bullettrains #rail #shinkansen
Central Japan Railway has said that the total construction costs for its planned superfast magnetically levitated shinkansen train line is expected to swell further to ¥11 trillion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/30/companies/maglev-shinkansen-double-cost/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #shinkansen #jr #rail #jrcentral #aichi #shizuoka #tokyo
current shinkansen status (next stop: hokkaido):
A tall person’s long legs in blue jeans and green trainers on a foot rest with with ample leg room
A Shinkansen train car with seats from behind, small windows, luggage racks and indirect lighting
Selfie on train. Middle-aged man with a red tshirt, orange ffp2 mask, blue rimmed glasses and a blue basecap in a brown train seat, long hair casually flung over the left shoulder.
Obligatory post from inside a mountain at 320km/h #shinkansen
East Japan Railway, or JR East, said Tuesday that it will introduce a successor to its East-i inspection train for shinkansen lines in fiscal 2029. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/companies/jr-east-shinkansen-inspection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jreast #shinkansen #rail
Bullet trains were suspended as heavy rain lashed parts of Tokyo and its surrounding areas on Thursday afternoon, with flood risk advisories issued for several rivers in the capital. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/japan/rain-tokyo-september/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #meteorologicalagency #tokyo #rail #shinkansen
The number of passengers using the shinkansen and limited express train services of six Japan Railways Group companies during this summer's Bon holiday period in Japan increased 8% from a year earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/jr-train-obon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #obon #jr #shinkansen #aviation #ana #jal #rail
The Indian government is pushing for more involvement by Japan in India's national high-speed railway project. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/14/economy/india-rail-project-japan-involvement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #indiajapanrelations #shinkansen #rail
If you’ve been to Japan, chances are you know Donna Burke — or more specifically, her voice. The effervescent Australian voice actress and singer invokes a soothing tone as she announces upcoming stops on the shinkansen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/japan/society/donna-burke-shinkansen-announcement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #bullettrains #shinkansen #rail