Shinkansen vs TGV - Is One Better Than the Other?
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Published 2019-09-21
The Japanese shinkansen or bullet train and the TGV from France are the original high-speed rail trains and although they provide a similar service they are quite distinct in their own right and yet they have a common starting point but is possible to say if one better than the other.
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All Comments (21)
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I am Japanese. I'm very honored to be compared in this way to the TGV, the French bullet train. Cheers to the technology in both countries!
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Meanwhile in Romania there's a news article that says: ''Last year the total delay time of trains summed up to 8 years''
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as a french person i can say for a fact france and japan always have admired each other, and i can tell u thats still the case nowadays, the tgv and the shinkansen are both amazing trains and to be honest i couldnt tell which one is better! Cheers from france and hi to all the japanese ppl ^^
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France: Builds automated trains that go at 300+ km/h on regular duty Japan: Building Maglev trains that'll go 500+ km/h and be in regular service by 2027 Germany: Changes definition of delay to increase punctuality rates
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You forgot to mention Australia's high speed trains. Huge flat country. Melbourne to Sydney is around 720km, each city approx 5m people. Our trains make this journey in only 11hrs. An extraordinary average speed of 65km/hr. Plus is only costs about 1.5x more than the 1hr flight. Unforgivable oversight really.
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Shinkansen has a perfect safety record since the early 1960s. This is a source of great pride for the Japanese.
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The French really know how to build a train. But man... The Japanese ones look like spaceships.
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Having experienced both, I'm going to say the shinkansen beats out the TGV. We don't even need to discuss the technological systems of either trains. Just the Japanese standard of service and punctuality alone is unmatched.
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Apologies for the re-upload, this was due to an error which I hadn't noticed until after it was live.
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Thanks for using the metric system. Makes things so much easier to understand
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I am Japanese and what I love about Shinkansen is the whole experience. Going to station, get regional Bento lunch box and sweets etc and get on the train and enjoy the view in comfort. Caught some trains in Europe as well but it felt it’s just a way to get point A to point B. Sure, there are faster trains than Shinkansen but I don’t think Shinkansen needs to compete with others with speed because it already exists as Shinkansen experience package.
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I've been on the TGV once. And it's so freaking stable/comfy. I could even photograph the sunset in northern France while it was going 300 kph (if not faster) without any effort at all.
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The Japanese shinkansen is in a league of its own. It's impeccable timetable, aesthetic and courtesy of staff make it the best HSR network in the world.
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The actual experience of being a passenger on the Shinkansen is incredible. In terms of comfort, space, frequency and efficiency it's a million miles ahead of everything
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Why compare ? The reason why in France we choose the TGV is we want a train that can use classic rails and not only TGV rails. So the TGV can go in high speed on TGV rails, but also slower on classic existing rail network. The context of the technolgy choice its important. France had a huge train network before TGV.
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For me, that original orange TGV is the sexiest of the lot. Man, what a beautiful machine
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5:29 Damn dude, get behind the railing! 😰
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The Shinkansen isn't just amazing with regards to the train technology. It's also the frequency of service. These trains run every 15-20 minutes. It's like a municipal commuter train network, except long distance at a high rate of speed.
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You can recognize any great nation by its ability to accomplish long term project for the benefits of its people
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Here, in Romania, speed trains date back in the roman empire era and we use the same machinery still!! So not only you get a historical ride, with no more than 50 km/h, in straight line, downhill, but you also experience how our ancestors used to commute, in the very same conditions! It's an unique way of torture nevertheless!
