Typical Configuration - Sixteen Cars. Passenger Accommodations - 1300 seats. Cruising Speed - 270km/h (167mph).
This is the shape that started a revolution in train travel
103 series EMU and 0 series shinkansen crossing the Ota Gawa in Hiroshima
100 series shinkansen Kodama service approaching Hakata
Kirishima/Hyuga service
An E3/E2 Series Shinkansen makes a brief stop at Sendai on the Tohoku Line with Hayate/Komachi #18. These trains were constructed between 1995/2005 and entered revenue service in 1997.
An Electric Multiple Unit covered in snow by constant blizzard conditions, sits stabled on the middle road over the weekend at Otaru Station. Flights were cancelled and rail services delayed as p... (more)
An E3/E2 Series Shinkansen kicks up snow as it powers through Fukushima on the Tohoku Line at 275km/h with Komachi/Hayate #15. The E3 (bound for Akita) will uncouple from the E2 (bound for Hachin... (more)
An E3/E2 Series Shinkansen kicks up snow as it powers through Fukushima on the Tohoku Line at 275km/h with Hayate #15. The E3 (bound for Akita) will uncouple from the E2 (bound for Hachinohe) at ... (more)
300 series shinkansen coming in to Kyoto
The roundhouse at Kyoto......now a museum
Mainline plow on standby at Otaruchikko
