Initially, the 0 Series Shinkansen traveled at a maximum speed of 210 kph, making it the first train to operate at over 200 kph. However, since the Tokaido Shinkansen line was constructed in a ...

A 0-series shinkansen train was outfitted for the task and painted yellow, in a move believed to have been taken to ensure the train could be more easily spotted during nighttime work. As daytime ...

Japan is set to provide India with E5 and E3 series Shinkansen trains free of cost for use as inspection vehicles on the ...

The second generation, based on the 0 Series of Shinkansen, was introduced in 1974. It could perform inspections at speeds of 210 km/h, which was how fast commercial bullet trains traveled at the ...

In a similar move during the development of the Taiwan High Speed Rail—the first international high-speed line to adopt Japan’s Shinkansen technology—Japan had provided a 0 series train ...

When Taiwan built the Taiwan High Speed Rail, the first non-Japanese high-speed railway using the shinkansen technology, Japan provided it with a train from the 0 series, the country's first ...