”The Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka service alone, known as the Tokaido line, has carried 6.4 billion people – while there has not been a single fatality as a result of an accident anywhere on the network. British commuters will be dismayed to learn that the average delay is less than a minute.”

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Japan’s magic bullet: 60 years of the train that helped rebuild the idea of a country. “This is a country that really loves its trains, and their pride and enthusiasm has been contagious.” 🚅 #shinkansen

Japan’s magic bullet: 60 years of the train that helped rebuild the idea of a country

Over just a few days in 1964, the launch of the shinkansen and the Tokyo Olympics trumpeted the emergence of a new economic and democratic power