Japan launches the world's fastest high-speed train

On March 16, Japan officially launched the Hayabusa high speed train with a speed of 320 km / h.

The Hayabusa runs at 320km / h on the Tohoku line
in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture on March 16 - (Image: Mainichi)

Super Akachi at Akita Station - (Photo: Kyodo)

According to the Japan Times, this speed is equivalent to the speed of TGV France - the fastest high speed train in the world today. With the speed, the time from Tokyo station to Shin-Aomori station (714 km long) was shortened to 2 hours 59 minutes.

'I feel the landscape is flying over me,' said Kazuo Saga, a 39-year-old officer from Hayabusa from Sendai to Tokyo.

Hayabusa high speed launch on 5/3/2011. However, due to the earthquake - tsunami on 11-3, this line has to pause.

On March 16, the new E6 generation called 'Super Komachi' was also launched on the Akita high speed train, at a maximum speed of 300 km / h, faster than the previous generation of the E3. 275km / hour).