500 Series Shinkansen

The 500 Series Shinkansen is a high-speed train in Japan.  They run on the Shinkansen lines. They were retired from the primary Nozomi service in 2010.  They now run the all-stations Kodama service between Shin-Osaka and Hakata.

All 500 Series have 16 cars. Each train cost about 5 billion yen. Only nine were built.

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