shinkansen
Noun
Meaning
shinkansen (plural shinkansen)
(rail transport) A Japanese high-speed passenger train; bullet train.
Examples
A new train on a new line The new service, named Shinkansen (meaning new trunk line) would provide a new alignment, 25% wider standard gauge, continuously welded rails between Tokyo and Osaka using new rolling stock, designed for convert.
All Shinkansen trains including Nozomi stop at Shin-Osaka Station and provide access to other major cities in Japan, such as Kobe, Kyoto, Nagoya, Yokohama, and Tokyo.
After arriving on the Nozomi Shinkansen, I took a brief taxi ride to the property at the edge of the Gion pedestrian area.
An important element in the safety of many high-speed inter-city networks such as Japan's Shinkansen is the fact that trains only run on dedicated railway lines, without level crossings.
Expansion in East Asia For four decades from its opening in 1964, the Japanese Shinkansen was the only high-speed rail service outside of Europe.
Infrastructure Shinkansen N700 Series main In 2005, one half of Japan's energy was produced from petroleum, a fifth from coal, and 14% from natural gas.