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Why This Train Is The Envy Of The World: The Shinkansen Story (2018x9)

Air date: Nov 23, 2018

In 1964, Japan unveiled the Shinkansen - a new high speed railway connecting the country’s two largest cities (in the 1960's), Tokyo and Osaka. Travelling at speeds in excess of 120 mph (200 km/h), the new specially designed Shinkansen trains had the highest service speeds in the world.