N700S Series Shinkansen

what is it?

The N700S series (Japanese: N700S系, Hepburn: Enu nana-hyaku esu-kei) is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train with tilting capability operated by JR Central and JR West on the Tokaido and San'yō Shinkansen lines since 2020, and JR Kyushu on the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen line since 2022. A variant, the N700ST, will be exported to Taiwan for use on the Taiwan High Speed Rail system starting in 2027.

who runs it

TCTexas Central RailwayKyushu Railway CompanyWest Japan Railway CompanyCentral Japan Railway Company

base stats

• speed 360 km/htop speed

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 6 years ago, in 2020.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 7 minutes.
• 📏27.4 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.

high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.

spec sheet

built

2020

in service from

2020

status

in service

number built

—

kind

Electric multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

builders

Hitachi, Nippon Sharyo

designer

Eiji Mitooka (Nishi Kyushu sets)

operators

Texas Central Railway, Kyushu Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company, Central Japan Railway Company

top speed

360 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

formation

Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Tōkaidō, San'yō Shinkansen, San'yō: 16 cars per trainset, Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen: 6 cars per train…

length

27.4 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.