New train for Yamagata Shinkansen Line

New train for Yamagata Shinkansen Line

A new shinkansen train, the E8 series, is being unloaded from a vessel at a port in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 29, 2023. The train will be introduced on the Yamagata Shinkansen Line in the spring of 2024, replacing the E3 series and raising the maximum speed of the service from the current 275 kilometers per hour to 300 km.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001233913
  • Registered date
  • 2023/1/29 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2023 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2505 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 813.59(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

    Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

    People perform a traditional drum dance at JR Kanazawa Station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, to celebrate the start of a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa.
      Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

      Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

      Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 16, 2024, shows the first train bound for Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, from Tokyo departing JR Fukui Station in Fukui Prefecture as a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa -- starts the same day.
        Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

        Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

        People at JR Tokyo Station on March 16, 2024, celebrate the departure of the first train bound for Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, as a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa -- starts the same day.
          Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

          Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

          The first train bound for Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, departs JR Kanazawa Station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on March 16, 2024, as a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa and Tsuruga -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa -- starts the same day.
            Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

            Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

            Actress Minami Hamabe (R) gestures prior to the departure of the first train bound for Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, as a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa -- starts the same day.
              Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

              Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

              People celebrate the arrival of the first train bound for Tokyo at JR Fukui Station in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, as a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa -- starts the same day.
                Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

                Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

                Hot spring inn employees see off the departure of a shinkansen bullet train at JR Kaga Onsen Station in Kaga in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, as a shinkansen service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa -- starts the same day.
                  Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

                  Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

                  Women clad in kimono welcome the arrival of passengers at JR Kaga Onsen Station in Kaga in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, as a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa -- starts the same day.
                    Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

                    Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

                    Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 16, 2024, shows the first train bound for Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, from Tokyo departing JR Fukui Station in Fukui Prefecture as a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa -- starts the same day.
                      Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

                      Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

                      People at a ceremony at JR Tsuruga Station in Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, celebrate the departure of the first train bound for Tokyo as a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa -- starts the same day.