N700 Series Shinkansen

The N700 Series Shinkansen is a high-speed train with tilting capability developed jointly by JR Central and JR West for use on the Tōkaidō and Sanyō Shinkansen lines. The prototype 16-car train was delivered in spring 2005 for extensive testing, and trains entered into service on July 1, 2007, with eight daily Nozomi service runs.

Full-production N700 trains have a maximum speed of 300 km/h, and tilting of up to one degree will allow the trains to maintain 270 km/h even on 2,500 m radius curves that currently have a maximum speed of 255 km/h. According to the 2007 JR schedule, this will reduce the travel time between Tokyo and Osaka to 2:25, shaving five minutes off the current time taken.

As of December 2007, there are twenty daily round-trip runs using the N700 (seven runs each way between Tokyo and Hakata Station in Fukuoka, and three each way between Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka Station). It is projected that by 2009, all Nozomi through runs will be operated exclusively by the N700. By 2011, all regular Nozomi services will be operated by the N700.^[1]

From March 2008, the N700 will operate a morning Hikari service between Shin-Yokohama and Hiroshima stations.

References

• "N700 Series", Dave Fossett, byunbyun Shinkansen.

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