This photo taken on Thursday, June 6, 2019 shows a prototype N700S Shinkansen bullet train at Maibara Station in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Central Japan Railway invited the media to witness a test run of the N700S. The train reached a top speed of 362 kilometers per hour during the test run. [Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun via IC]" A prototype N700S Shinkansen bullet train reaches a top speed of 362 kilometers per hour during a test run between the cities of Maibara and Kyoto in western Japan. The train will be put into service on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line that links Tokyo with Osaka in July 2020, just before the start of the Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics. When it goes into service it will travel at a top speed of 285 kilometers per hour. [Photo: IC]" This photo taken on Thursday, June 6, 2019 shows a prototype N700S Shinkansen bullet train at Kyoto Station in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The train reached a top speed of 362 kilometers per hour during Thursday's test run. [Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun via IC]" |