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Season 11 Episode
- Season 5 New Year Trains: Beginning the New Year with a Journey
- Season 5 JR Gono Line: A Popular Local Line Worth the Journey
- Season 5 Amaterasu Railway: A Tourist Attraction Making the Most of a Discontinued Line
- Season 5 Yamanote Line: Tokyo's Ever Evolving Loop Line
- Season 5 JR Hokkaido's Yubari Line: A Beloved Local Line Comes to an End
- Season 5 Tokyo Metro: A Subway Network On Time & On Track
- Season 5 Nishi-Nippon Railroad: Fine Dining on an Even Finer Tourist Train
- Season 5 Hiroshima Electric Railway: On Track on the Streets
- Season 5 Hankai Tramway: Osaka's One & Only Tram Network
- Season 5 Choshi Electric Railway: Finding New Ways to Get Back on Track
- Season 5 JR Osaka Loop Line: Developing a Better, More User-Friendly Line
- Season 5 Kyoto Tango Railway: A Bus Company to the Rescue
- Season 5 South Hokkaido Railway: A Tourist Train Developed by a Tour Company
- Season 5 Chizu Express: A Top Tier Third Sector Railway
- Season 5 Hitachinaka Seaside Railway: Pulling Together with the Local Community
- Season 5 JR's Ekinaka Development Project: A New Lifestyle Below the Chuo Line
- Season 5 Introducing the N700S: JR Central's Next-Generation Shinkansen
- Season 5 New Technology Opening the Future of the Railway
- Season 5 Reviewing the New Trains of 2019
Japan Railway Journal - Season 5 Episode 17 Introducing the N700S: JR Central's Next-Generation Shinkansen
8.00 28 minutes JR Central's long-awaited next-generation Shinkansen; the N700S is scheduled to begin operation in summer 2020. The new N700S makes use of state-of-the-art technology to enhance safety, convenience, and comfort. Changes include the addition of lithium-ion batteries, used to power an emergency self-propulsion system, and a fully active vibration control system, installed to improve the comfort of the ride. Join us as we look at how the Shinkansen has evolved over the years and get a sneak peek of this supreme new train.
