Prototype of new shinkansen bullet train

Prototype of new shinkansen bullet train

Photo taken May 9, 2019, at a railway yard in Rifu town, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows the driver's cab of ALFA-X, the recently completed testbed of East Japan Railway Co.'s next-generation shinkansen bullet train. The new train aims to run at a speed of 360 kilometers per hour, up 40 km from the current maximum speed for shinkansen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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