japan's railway--jr

• hellomotosxq

  11 Apr 06, 19:00

  
• hellomotosxq

  11 Apr 06, 19:08

  
• ^tamago^

  11 Apr 06, 20:23

  lai lai lai.... JR Mass Rapid sapporters fall in!
  
  Maglev Test Train MLX01-901
  
  
  Maglev Test Train MLX01
  
  
  Maglev Videos
  
  http://www.youtube.com/?v=tQAvfYgecPo
  http://www.exn.ca/news/video/exn2005/03/21/exn20050321-meglev.asx
  
  Shinkansen Bullet Trains
  Nekomimi Shinkansen - "cat ears" shinkansen that aids in braking
  Train still under testing. Operational speed 360kph.
  Fastech 360S type E954-1
  
  
  Fastech 360S type E954-8
  
  
  Aerotrain. Test runs hit 300kph. Assumed operational speed 500kph.
  
  
  Type 800
  
  
  Type N-700 (debuting in 2007). Operational speed 300kph.
  
  
  Type 700 Rail Star
  
  
  Type 500
  
  
  
  Type 400
  
  
  Type 300
  
  
  Type 200
  
  
  Type 100
  
  
  Type E-4
  
  
  Type E-3
  
  
  Type E-2
  
  
  Type E-1 Max Double Deck
  
  
  and that is only the shinkansens! there are also other express trains and railway/monorail/subways in the urban areas and cities.
  
  in tokyo itself...
  
• HENG@

  11 Apr 06, 20:26

  holy shit!
  
  some of those trains look like bloody incredible! like something right out of Ghost in the Shell or Appleseed!
  
  no wonder they have such kewl animes
• ^tamago^

  11 Apr 06, 20:40

  ROC's Shinkansen.
  
  
• Allen.Iverson

  11 Apr 06, 20:56

  trains are nice but stations are not -.-
• Apex-LW'21

  11 Apr 06, 20:58

  Bullet trains are much faster!
• GHoST_18

  11 Apr 06, 21:05

  Originally posted by Allen.Iverson:

  trains are nice but stations are not -.-

  check out the train stations by von Gerkan, Marg und Partner and AREP...
  
  they are pretty good....
  
  
• ^tamago^

  11 Apr 06, 21:14

  and trains are more environmentally-friendly cos they consume less energy, comparatively.
  
  FeLiCa, contactless IC card technology.
  
  
  
  green seat reservation and payment via i-mode.
  
  
  chiba monorail in tokyo.
  
  
  
  tsukuba express (tokyo).