07 October 2014 Asia and Indonesia

SHINKANSEN TURNS 50

The Shinkansen is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways (JR) group companies. Starting with the Tōkaidō Shinkansen (515.4km) in 1964, exactly 50 years ago, the network currently operates trains with maximum speeds of 240"320km/h. The privately-owned JR group

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