Kyushu Shinkansen, Tōkaidō Shinkansen, San'yō Shinkansen, Hakata-Minami Line
Specifications
Car body construction
Aluminium
Car length
25 m (82 ft 0 in) (intermediate cars) 27.35 m (89 ft 9 in) (end cars)
Width
3.36 m (11 ft 0 in)
Height
3.6 m (11 ft 10 in), (middle cars and connectors of end cars) (without rooftop equipment)
3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) (end cars excluding connector with middle cars)
Maximum speed
285 km/h (177 mph) (Tokaido) 300 km/h (186 mph) (Sanyo) 260 km/h (162 mph) (Kyushu)
Weight
715 t (16-car set)[2]
Traction motors
56 x 305 kW (409 hp)
Power output
17.08 MW (22,905 hp)
Acceleration
2.6 km/(h⋅s) (1.6 mph/s)
Electric system(s)
25 kV 60 Hz AC catenary
Current collector(s)
Pantograph
UIC classification
2'2'+14*Bo'Bo'+2'2' (N, Z and G sets) 8*Bo'Bo' (R and S sets)
Braking system(s)
Pneumatic, regenerative
Safety system(s)
ATC-NS, KS-ATC (R and S sets only)
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Notes/references
This train won the 51st Blue Ribbon Award in 2008.
The N700 series (N700系, Enu nanahyaku-kei) is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train with tilting capability developed jointly by JR Central and JR West for use on the Tōkaidō and San'yō Shinkansen lines since 2007, and is operated by JR Kyushu on the Kyushu Shinkansen line.
N700 series trains have a maximum speed of 300 km/h (186 mph), and tilting of up to one degree allows the trains to maintain 270 km/h (168 mph), even on 2,500 m (8,202 ft) radius curves that previously had a maximum speed of 255 km/h (158 mph). Another feature of the N700 is that it accelerates more quickly than the older 700 series Shinkansen trains, with a maximum acceleration rate of 2.6 km/h/s (0.72 m/s2). This enables it to reach 270 km/h (170 mph) in only three minutes. Further advancements led to the development of the N700A, an incremental evolution of the N700. N700A trains can reach 285 km/h (177 mph) on 3,000 m (9,843 ft) curves, allowing the maximum operating speed on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen to be raised to 285 km/h (177 mph). All N700 series sets have been retrofitted with most of the improvements added to the N700A series, and are now classified as "N700A".
Because of these improvements, trains can travel between Tokyo and Osaka on a Nozomi run in as little as 2 hours and 22 minutes on the fastest service (8 minutes faster than before).
A new train, the N700S, entered service in 2020 with plans to eventually replace all N700-series trains. The first four sets began operation on 1 July 2020.
^Nakajima, Yoshikatsu (13 June 2018). "Epic journey of 500 Series, bullet train with a nose for adventure". asahi.com. The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
^"N700系量産車" [N700 series production trains]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). No. 556. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. August 2007. pp. 13–20.
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