The Shinkansen High Speed Bullet Train runs on a steel rail. The Bullet Train travels one hundred and twenty miles per hour in about every forty four minutes. The Shinkansen High Speed Bullet Train is the fastest scheduled train in all of the world. These trains are not only famous for being fast but they are also famous for being safe. There has never, in the history of Bullet Trains, been a death, except by suicide. They are also very comfortable, and even better cars are being developed. The Tokaido line series three hundred trains travel up to a speed of one hundred sixty eight miles per hour. This series has been running since nineteen ninety two. The Sony line series five hundred operates at a top speed of one hundred eighty miles per hour. The Tohaku line series two hundred E2-E3 goes one hundred seventy miles per hour at it's top speed. The Joetsu line series two hundred "F9X" can go up to about one hundred sixty two miles per hour. The Hokuriku line series E2 goes one hundred sixty two miles per hour. The Shinkansen holds the current world records for the fastest average speed between two station stops. It is two-hundred sixty one point eight kilometers per hour. A magnetic levitation test vehicle was clocked at five hundred thirty one kilometers per hour. Most trains arrive at thief destination within the second which they are scheduled to arrive. In one year, the total time that all bullet trains were late was twelve seconds.

The average weight per car is about forty tons. Dimensions: The maximum length is eighty two feet for center cars and eighty nine feet for lead cars. The maximum width is eleven point one feet. The maximum roof height is twelve point one feet. The basic car organization is sixteen electric vehicles. Seating capacity is 1324. ( First Class 200 and Second Class 1124) The Maximum Designed Speed is 199 miles per hour. The actual Maximum Operating Speed is one hundred eighty six miles per hour. Car Construction: Welded aluminum alloy.

If you want to get a ride on a bullet train you should go to the major Japan Railway stations, such as Tokyo, Ueno, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Hakata, and more.

The best place to get a ticket is the JR ticket counter called Midori-no-mado-guchi the you can find by a green sign. The fee includes the ticket and the fair based on distance. If you want to reserve a seat, then it will cost a little bit extra.

There are ordinary cars and green cars (First Class). Each station offers special boxed meals which are also sold on the train. You can enjoy Japanese food right in your seat. The trains can tend to be highly full so it is recommended that you purchase you tickets ahead of time. You almost never need to worry about being late if you are going to ride on a Shinkansen High Speed Train because they are so fast and a train comes to a station every seven minutes.