Why this Super-Fast Bullet Train Only Runs 19 Weeks a Year! 🇯🇵

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@JBS319 7 ай бұрын

I took one of these services back in 2020, obviously before the pandemic kicked off. For that trip, our train was a MAX Tanigawa formed of two E4 series bilevel trains. I believe on the outbound we stopped at Ueno and Omiya before running fast to Echigo-Yuzawa. 2020, like 2024, was a very poor winter in Japan, and the much lauded deep powder was definitely absent. But it was still fun to go from central Tokyo to a ski slope in under 2 hours, including renting skis and purchasing a lift ticket.

@Simon-Andersen 7 ай бұрын

Sounds like some fun trips :D Lucky you managed the E4 before they got retired, those have always been the coolest Shinkansen in my eyes

@jnrfalcon 7 ай бұрын

Vossebanen is another great ski train. So is Oslo metro line 1🤣

@Simon-Andersen 7 ай бұрын

Ah yeah Oslo Metro 1 is another ski-shuttle i am familier with 🤣kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3y6lKCOlLOWorcsi=AtpVD9yxOR-RT6ft I think a revisit to Norway is long overdue

@nich-nk2cr 5 ай бұрын

I wish that Line 1 trains ran 6 car trains as far as Majorstuen station before detaching into two separate 3 car trains...

@RicciChoi1109 6 ай бұрын

Speaking of Echigo-Yuzawa station, I still miss the 160 km/h Hakutaka limited express on the Hokuhoku line...

@RussianSevereWeatherVideos 7 ай бұрын

Third comment, not bad! We've got the world's longest ski train probably, 1 day 15 hours from Moscow to Khibiny near Murmansk up North. That Green Class has such a fancy interior, but 275 kph seems rather slow for a Shinkansen.

@Simon-Andersen 7 ай бұрын

Only in Japan 275 kph can be considered slow 🤣 Thanks for watching!

@sbeve7445 6 ай бұрын

Most shinkansen operates between 260-275. Only 2 lines operates at 300+

@suncheeserailway 7 ай бұрын

Yeah... stepping foot inside the Granclass without a valid ticket is a big no-no.

@timbacchus 7 ай бұрын

Does Japan have any freight trains? I have never seen any.

@Simon-Andersen 7 ай бұрын

Very few, but there are some!

@blackmercury956 7 ай бұрын

Yess they do have them however most of those train operates between then northern regions like Aomori and Hokkaido.

@ramairturbine 7 ай бұрын

@@blackmercury956 the Tokaido line takes more freight traffic than the Tohoku routes

@krissp8712 7 ай бұрын

I think the main reason is that freight runs on separate lines pretty much all of the time. In the US and UK, a lot of track can be shared.

@ramairturbine 7 ай бұрын

@@krissp8712 freight runs on the same lines pretty much all of the time. There are a few small branches and some bypass routes in Tokyo and Osaka though.

@perrylim9728 6 ай бұрын

But seriously, why the trains run slow in Tokyo and up to Saitama's Omiya Ward, is the density of the population next to the tracks and hence stricter noise regulations. kzbin.info/www/bejne/raW4aGqeZqdoiq8si=FIM83qZ8sJUkX0Lu

@suncheeserailway 7 ай бұрын

Tidbit: This along with the Hakata-Minami Line are the only two sections of the Shinkansen classified as a conventional line. As a result, there is no limited express surcharge to travel these section of track.