500 Series Shinkansen

Hi there!

One of my favorite Japanese trains is the 500 series Shinkansen (bullet) train.
It looks like this:

16-car 500 series on Nozomi service, May 2008
© Wikipedia.org

Looks awesome, right?
Here a specification list of the 500 series:

• Width: 3.380 mm (11 foot 1 inch)
• Heigth: 3.690 mm (12 foot 1 inch)
• Max. Speed: their W-set: 300 km/h (186 mph)
                       their V-set: 280 km/h (177 mph)
                       their Design speed: 320 km/h (199 mph)

• Power: 24.460 hp (± 18.25 MegaWatt)
• Capacity: between 56 till 100 passengers.

Do I have to say more about this train??
This is an awesome train!

Here a beautiful video from the 500 series Shinkansen:

That was my article about the 500 series.
Come later for other informations about other Japanese trains.

Greetings, Rik