East Japan Railway Company
November 6, 2007
As previously announced, in order to improve our services to customers, JR East has been running a high-speed Shinkansen test train, FASTECH360, from FY2005, and will start a limited production of new 320km/h maximum speed Shinkansen railcars prior to full production. The plan for a speed increase on the Tohoku Shinkansen includes necessary ground facility improvements, such as measures to reduce track noise in certain areas.
Period | End of FY2010 | End of FY2012 | End of FY2013 | |||||
Maximum speed | Omiya - Utsunomiya (current top speed: 240km/h) |
275km/h | 275km/h | 275km/h | ||||
Utsunomiya - Morioka (current top speed: 275km/h) |
300km/h | 320km/h | 320km/h | |||||
Travel time (fastest train between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori) |
Approx. 3 hours 10 minutes | Approx. 3 hours 5 minutes | ||||||
High-speed trains | New Hayate 300km/h |
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New Hayate/Komachi configuration 320km/h |