Test run of new bullet train testbed

ALFA-X, the testbed of East Japan Railway Co.'s next-generation shinkansen bullet train, arrives at JR Morioka Station in northeastern Japan during a test run conducted in the small hours of May 16, 2019. The new train aims to run at a speed of 360 kilometers per hour, 40 km per hour faster than the current generation of shinkansen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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