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1 day ago · The popular English name bullet train is a literal translation of the Japanese term dangan ressha (弾丸列車), a nickname given to the project while it was initially discussed in the 1930s. The name stuck because of the original 0 Series Shinkansen 's resemblance to a bullet and its high speed.
- E8 Series Shinkansen
The E8 series (E8系) is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed...
- E6 Series
The E6 series (E6系) is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed...
- Tokaido Shinkansen
The Tōkaidō Shinkansen (Japanese: 東海道新幹線, romanized: Tōkaidō...
- Class 1000 Shinkansen
With the start of test-running and trial service on the...
- Hokkaido Shinkansen
The Hokkaido Shinkansen (北海道新幹線, Hokkaidō Shinkansen) is a...
- Kyushu Shinkansen
The Kyushu Shinkansen (九州新幹線, Kyūshū Shinkansen) is a...
- Jōetsu Shinkansen
The Jōetsu Shinkansen (上越新幹線) is a high-speed shinkansen...
- E8 Series Shinkansen
2 days ago · Rail transport. Rail transport in Japan is a major means of passenger transport, especially for mass and high-speed travel between major cities and for commuter transport in urban areas. It is used relatively little for freight transport, accounting for just 0.84% of goods movement. The privatised network is highly efficient, requiring few ...
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1 day ago · The train speed record of 603 km/h (375 mph) was set by the experimental Japanese L0 Series maglev in 2015. From 2002 until 2021, the record for the highest operational speed of a passenger train of 431 kilometres per hour (268 mph) was held by the Shanghai maglev train , which uses German Transrapid technology. [6]
4 days ago · Box office. $43.1 million [6] Call Me by Your Name (Italian: Chiamami col tuo nome) is a 2017 coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino. Its screenplay, by James Ivory, who also co-produced, is based on the 2007 novel of the same title by André Aciman.
17 hours ago · The film franchise consists of 38 films: 33 Japanese films produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd.; and five American films, the first of which was produced by TriStar Pictures and the remaining four by Legendary Pictures, with the latest being released in March 2024.
1 day ago · Early life. Sean John Combs was born on November 4, 1969, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.Raised in Mount Vernon, New York, his mother Janice Combs (née Smalls) was a model and teacher's assistant, and his father, Melvin Earl Combs, served in the U.S. Air Force and was an associate of convicted New York drug dealer Frank Lucas.
1 day ago · Shrek is a 2001 American animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book of the same name by William Steig.Directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson (in their feature directorial debuts) and written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S. H. Schulman, it is the first installment in the Shrek film series.
