On 20th December this year, the Tokyo Station turned 110. To mark the anniversary, JR East ran a special Nagomi train between the gateway of Tokyo with Ito in Shizuoka Prefecture the following day, using a E655 series trainset. The E655 series is a 5-car special luxury charter trainset that can also double as an Imperial train by inserting a specialized bullet-proof Imperial carriage called E655-1.
Today, two new Fuxing bullet train prototypes, the CR450AF and CR450BF, debuted in Beijing. At a planned operating speed of 400km/h, it will be faster than the current Fuxing CR400AF and CR400BF trainsets, which operates at only 350km/h. According to CRRC, the manufacturer, the CR450 series reached a test speed of 450km/h while setting new international benchmarks on various KPIs such as operational speed, energy consumption, interior noise, and braking distance.
Since August 28 this year, Amtrak, the national rail operator of the USA, debuted the NextGen Acela train along the Northeast Corridor at 5:...
