Japan has high-speed rail. Japan's high-speed rail generally refers to the Shinkansen. The first line of the Shinkansen is the Tokaido Shinkansen connecting Tokyo and Osaka. It was opened to traffic on June 1 96465438+1October1day. It includes two mini Shinkansen with shorter lines, connecting the most important cities in Japan. Originally developed and operated by Japanese state-owned railways. After the privatization of China Railway, it was taken over by Japan Railway Corporation, and its services were provided by five member companies including JR Hokkaido, JR East Japan, JR Donghai, JR West Japan and JR Kyushu.

Shinkansen: Shinkansen is designed to be suitable for fast and large-scale transportation at the same time, so its construction and operation technology is different from that of traditional railways, for example, it is completely powered by decentralized trains, and the track is completely equipped with interchange and automatic train control system. , it can run for at least 3 minutes. Except for the mini Shinkansen, the maximum speed of the train can reach 240-320 kilometers depending on the line, but in the speed test, it once set a record of 443 kilometers (set by the "300X" experimental train of 1996). Shinkansen technology, as an important symbol of Japan's top railway technology in the world, has also been exported overseas. For example, Chinese mainland's high-speed rail technology and Taiwan Province's high-speed rail adopt Shinkansen as the system foundation, while Britain, Italy, India, Thailand and Texas are also under construction or planning.