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- Season 3 Turning Problems Into Opportunities: The Tsugaru Railway's Strategy
- Season 3 Japan's World-Class Rail and Wheels
- Season 3 Keihan Electric Railway: Advanced Technology That Dominated the Railway Hub
- Season 3 The Long Winter of Discontent: One Railway's Battle Against Snow
- Season 3 Dreams of a Texas Bullet Train: Future Plans for Japan's High-Speed Railways
- Season 3 Using Railways to Promote Local Tourism: Kyushu Railway Company's Strategy
- Season 3 Toden Arakawa Line: A Hidden Gem for Tourists from Overseas
- Season 3 All the Comfort You Require: Onboard Services on Japanese Trains
- Season 3 The Unsung Hero of Japanese Railways: Series Kiha 40 Diesel Trains
- Season 3 Airport Express Lines: How Competition Is Improving the Ride Into the City
- Season 3 Prepaid E-money Cards: The Smart Way to Travel in Japan
- Season 3 HIGH RAIL 1375: The Tourist Train That Touches New Heights
- Season 3 Train Suite Shiki-shima: The High-Tech Luxury Cruise Train
- Season 3 A Long-Awaited Whistle: Tobu Railway's Steam Service Revival
- Season 3 Rediscovering Old Horizons: Preservation and Utilization of Railway Heritage
- Season 3 Hankyu Corporation: A Leading Private Railway Company's Business Model
- Season 3 Advanced Urban Travel: Japan's Monorail Systems
- Season 3 Safeguarding the System: Maintaining JR Central's Conventional Line
Japan Railway Journal - Season 3 Episode 5 Dreams of a Texas Bullet Train: Future Plans for Japan's High-Speed Railways
8.00 28 minutes Japan's high-speed rail system, the shinkansen, may soon be flying across the U.S., with plans to connect 2 major cities in Texas. Traveling between Dallas and Houston now takes up to 4 hours by car or plane, but with support from Tokaido Shinkansen operator, JR Central, the project aims to connect the cities in just 90 minutes. Join us as we look at the Texas Bullet Train, a project scheduled to begin operations in 2023 that could be the foothold for future exports of shinkansen technology.
