As we all know, China's high-speed rail has reached the world's most advanced level, with a total operating mileage of more than 40,000 kilometers, ranking first in the world. It has independently developed the Fuxing EMU 2 with a maximum operating speed of 400 kilometers. It can be said that China has become a world's high-speed rail power.
Fuxing EMU
However, the first person in the world to operate a high-speed rail network is neighbor Japan. Japan's high-speed railway system is called Shinkansen ( Japanese : Xintan Line; Japanese Kanna: しんかんせん; Japanese Roman sound: Shinkansen) is also the world's first high-speed railway system to be put into commercial operation. It adopts a standard gauge of 1435 mm, and the entire line is pure passenger service. The first route of the Shinkansen is the Tokaido Shinkansen , which opened to traffic on October 1, 1964, connecting Tokyo and Osaka . As of 2020, there are 9 routes, including 2 shorter mini Shinkansen, connecting most important cities in Japan.
Shinkansen high-speed railway
Japan Shinkansen can be traced back to before the outbreak of " World War II ". At that time, Japan had established a relatively complete state-owned railway network. With the rapid development of Japan's economy, the existing railway network could no longer meet the needs. Japan urgently needed to build a faster, safe and reliable new generation of railways. The idea of building the Shinkansen in was initially opposed by all parties. In the Japanese academic community, many scholars believe that railway construction is " sunset industry " and cannot adapt to the future era where cars are the main means of transportation. There are also some radical intellectuals, such as , professor of , at the University of Tokyo, and famous writer Hiroyuki Akawa, etc., who simply called the Shinkansen project "The Battleship Yamato Second", and believed that the Shinkansen was like the , which was built in a huge amount of money but was destroyed during World War II. It was a project that was costly and damaged by the people. European and American countries also mocked the backward Japanese for actually picking up the transportation methods that have been eliminated by them. In the end, the then president of the state-owned railway in Japan, Tokawa Nobuji , approved this idea, agreed to build the Shinkansen Railway, and required the railway to be opened to traffic before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics were held.
Japan High-speed Railway
Today, it seems that Japan is a very correct decision. Shinkansen organically connects Keihin, Nakakyo, Hanshin industrial and commercial areas and intermediate cities, greatly promoting the formation of new industries along the Shinkansen, and becoming a powerful engine for Japan's economic development. According to statistics, the Shinkansen brings revenue to the Japanese railway department every year is about 470 billion yen, equivalent to nearly 30 billion RMB. At the same time, Japan's high-speed rail construction technology has been exported to several countries, including China, which not only brought economic benefits to Japan, but also improved Japan's international status and promoted the development of Japan's industry.
Japanese high-speed rail
