Shinkansen Series 500

[Guest bill937ca]

Ok Bernard!  :D  ;D  Short and sweet Shinkansen Series 500 and 300 K/hr.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCdiXa4_JNU

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9lCbTUOelQ

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C38mwawJL-I

[Guest bill937ca]

More! This is quite professional.

 

 

"The 500 Series Shinkansen are the fastest, most powerful and most expensive trainsets yet to run on Japan's Shinkansen high-speed rail network.They are designed to be capable of 320 km/h (200 mph) although they operate at a maximum of 300 km/h (186 mph) in service. With the steady increase in the number of N700 Series Shinkansen assigned to Nozomi services, five of the nine sets will be shortened to 8 cars during 2008 and cascaded to Sanyo Shinkansen Kodama workings, replacing the earlier 0 series sets.500 Series Shinkansen. (2008, January 29). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 08:09, February 3, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php "

[Bernard]

Bill,

Do you think they are going to phase out the 500 series? I know they were expensive to manufacture but are they also costly to run?

[Guest bill937ca]

Bill,

Do you think they are going to phase out the 500 series? I know they were expensive to manufacture but are they also costly to run?

 

I don't think they will be phased out, but there low numbers may push them off the busiest routes.