VLVL2 (9): Tokaido Shinkansen

[Tim Strzechowski]

146.16:  "Chipco had its own stop on the Tokaido Shinkansen, from which it would be a little under three hours to Tokyo." 


"The Tokaido Shinkansen, connecting Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka, was inaugurated in the year 1964 as the first shinkansen line and the world's first high speed train. In 1964 the trains already run with speeds of about 200 km/h. Nowadays they reach speeds of over 300 km/h. 

"The extension of the Tokaido Shinkansen, the Sanyo Shinkansen to Hakata Station in Fukuoka was completed by 1975. A further extension to Kagoshima in the south of Kyushu is now under construction."

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2018.html

http://www.asme.org/history/roster/H211.html

http://www.ieee.org/organizations/history_center/milestones_photos/shinkansen.html

http://www.hood-online.co.uk/shinkansen/tokaido/

and:

http://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/kikaku/ki-20/english/profile/shinkansen.htm


For anyone travelling:

http://www.jr-central.co.jp/info_e.nsf/doc/e_news5



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