Shinkansen

nyaéta jaringan karéta gancang di Jepang nu dioperasikeun ku opat pausahaan Grup Karéta api Jepang. Mimitina nyaéta Tōkaidō Shinkansen dibuka dina taun 1964 lumpatna 210 km/jam (130 mpj), jaringana (2,388 km atawa 1,483 mil) dilegaan di kota-kota utama Jepang di Pulo Honshū jeung Kyūshū nu lumpatna leuwih ti 300 km/jam (188 mph), dina kaayaan taya lini jeung angin topan. Uji lumpat geus nepi ka 443 km/jam (275 mph) keur karéta konvénsional dina taun 1996, sarta nepi ka rekor dunya 581 km/jam (361 mpj) keur karéta persani maglév, dina taun 2003.

Runtuyan jalur Shinkansen 

Jalur utama Shinkansen nyaéta:

Tōkaidō Shinkansen (Tokyo – Shin-Ōsaka)
Sanyō Shinkansen (Shin-Ōsaka – Hakata)
Tōhoku Shinkansen (Tokyo – Shin-Aomori)
Jōetsu Shinkansen (Ōmiya – Niigata)
Hokuriku Shinkansen (Takasaki – Kanazawa)
Kyūshū Shinkansen (Hakata – Kagoshima-Chūō)

Mini-Shinkansen
Yamagata Shinkansen (Fukushima – Shinjō)
Akita Shinkansen (Morioka – Akita)

Runtuyan model karéta Shinkansen 
Karéta bisa disusun nepi ka 16 gerbong. Unggal gerbong panjangna 25 m (82 suku), karéta pangpanjangna 400 m (1/4 mile) ti hareup nepi ka tukang. Panjang stasiona ogé kudu bisa nampung ieu kareta.  Karéta maglev Jepang dianggap Shinkansen.

 Karéta panumpang 
0 Series
100 Series
200 Series
300 Series
400 Series (Mini-Shinkansen)
500 Series
700 Series
700T Series (Taiwan Shinkansen)
N700 Series
800 Series
E1 Series (Max)
E2 Series
E3 Series (Mini-Shinkansen)
E4 Series (Max)
E5 Series
E6 Series (Mini-Shinkansen)
 Karéta uji coba
1000 Type
951 Type
961 Type
962 Type
500-900 Series (WIN 350)
952/953 Type (STAR 21)
955 Type (300X)
E954 Type (FASTECH 360 S)
E955 Type (FASTECH 360 Z)(Mini-Shinkansen)
 Kareta Maglev:
LSM200 - 1972 
ML100 - 1972
ML100A - 1975
ML-500 - 1977
ML-500R - 1979
MLU001 - 1981
MLU002 - 1987
MLU002N - 1993
MLX01 - 1996
 Kareta parawatan
911 Type Diesel Locomotive
912 Type Diesel Locomotive
DD18 Type Diesel Locomotive
DD19 Type Diesel Locomotive
944 Type (Rescue Train)
921 Type 0 Numbers (Track Checking Car)
922 Type (Doctor Yellow Set T1, T2, T3)
923 Type (Doctor Yellow Set T4, T5)
925 Type (Doctor Yellow Set S1, S2)
E926 Type (éast i)(Mini-Shinkansen)

Tumbu kaluar 

Biting the Bullet: What we can learn from the Shinkansen, discussion paper by Christopher Hood in the electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies, 23 May 2001
Byun Byun Shinkansen, a comprehensive guide  by D.A.J. Fossett
Encyclopaedia Britannica Shinkansen
East meets West, a story of how the Shinkansen brought Tokyo and Osaka closer together.

High-speed rail
High-speed trains
Kecap jeung frase basa Jepang
 
Nu diwanohkeun taun 1964
Angkutan kareta di Jepang