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E2 Series Shinkansen
The is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen train type operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on the Tohoku Shinkansen high-speed lines in Japan since 1997. They are formed in 8- and 10-car sets. The 8-car sets were used on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, and the 10-car sets are on Tohoku Shinkansen services. The 10-car sets can be coupled to E3 series sets using couplers hidden behind retracting nose doors. They operate at a maximum speed of on the Tohoku Shinkansen. A total of 502 vehicles (14 8-car "N" sets and 39 10-car "J" sets) were built between 1997 and 2010, with the first withdrawals commencing in late 2013. Operations Tohoku Shinkansen * ''Yamabiko'' * ''Nasuno'' Past operations Hokuriku Shinkansen * '' Asama'' (1 October 1997 - 31 March 2017) Joetsu Shinkansen * '' Asahi'' * '' Toki'' * '' Tanigawa'' Variants * E2 series 8-car "N" sets * E2' series 10-car "J" sets * E2-1000 series 10-car "J" sets 8-car "N" sets The fleet of thirteen "N" sets was constructed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitachi
() is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the parent company of the Hitachi Group (''Hitachi Gurūpu'') and had formed part of the Nissan Group, Nissan ''zaibatsu'' and later DKB Group and Fuyo Group of companies before DKB and Fuji Bank (the core Fuyo Group company) merged into the Mizuho Financial Group. As of 2020, Hitachi conducts business ranging from Information technology, IT, including Artificial intelligence, AI, the Internet of things, Internet of Things, and big data, to infrastructure. Hitachi is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange and its Tokyo listing is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX Core30 indices. It is ranked 38th in the 2012 Fortune Global 500 and 129th in the 2012 Forbes Global 2000. History Hitachi was founded in 1910 by electrical engineer Namihei Odaira (1874–1951) in Ibaraki Prefecture. The company's firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, and next to the Shinjuku Station. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange (it formerly had secondary listings in the Nagoya Stock Exchange, Nagoya and Osaka Exchange, Osaka stock exchanges), is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is also one of the three only Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index, the other being Central Japan Railway Company, JR Central and West Japan Railway Company, JR West. History JR East was incorporated on 1 April 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways (JNR). The spin-off was nominally "privatization", as the company was actually a wholly owned subsidiary of the government-owned Japanese National Railway Settlement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komachi (train)
The is a high-speed shinkansen service between and in Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) since March 1997. It is the only shinkansen service that runs on the Akita Shinkansen, and uses E6 series trains. Between Tokyo Station and , it couples with Tōhoku Shinkansen E5 series ''Hayabusa'' and formerly E2 series for E3 series respectively. After Morioka, the ''Komachi'' service continues along standard gauge tracks that were converted from narrow gauge. Because it then runs on tracks that have grade crossings, its maximum speed from Morioka to Akita is , compared to on the Tohoku Shinkansen. The ''Komachi'' service was named after a famous poet from the area, Ono no Komachi, whose name (小町) is also synonymous with "belle" or "beauty" in Japanese. Station stops ''Komachi'' services stop at the following stations on the Akita Shinkansen between Morioka and Akita.JR Timetable, March 2013 issue For details of station stops between Tokyo and Morio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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E, or e, is the fifth letter and the second vowel letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''e'' (pronounced ); plural ''ees'', ''Es'' or ''E's''. It is the most commonly used letter in many languages, including Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Latin, Latvian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish. History The Latin letter 'E' differs little from its source, the Greek letter epsilon, 'Ε'. This in turn comes from the Semitic letter '' hê'', which has been suggested to have started as a praying or calling human figure ('' hillul'' 'jubilation'), and was most likely based on a similar Egyptian hieroglyph that indicated a different pronunciation. In Semitic, the letter represented (and in foreign words); in Greek, ''hê'' became the letter epsilon, used to represent . The various forms of the Old Italic script and the Latin alp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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N11 or N-11 may refer to: Roads * N11 (South Africa) * N11 highway, Philippines * N11 motorway (Netherlands) * N11 road (Ghana) * N11 road (Ireland) * Nebraska Highway 11, United States * Route nationale 11, France Other uses * N11 (emission nebula) * , a submarine of the Royal Navy * Intel i860 XP, a microprocessor * Interstitial nephritis * LNER Class N11, a British steam locomotive * London Buses route N11 * N11 code, special telephone numbers in the North American Numbering Plan * Next eleven, a group of emerging economies proposed by Goldman Sachs * Nieuport 11, a French World War I fighter * Nissan Pulsar (N11), a Japanese car * Nitrogen-11, an isotope of nitrogen * North Springs station, a MARTA station in Sandy Springs, Georgia * N11, a postcode district in the N postcode area N, or n, is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanigawa (train)
The is a high-speed train service operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on the in Japan. Rolling stock * E2 series 10-car sets (from 26 January 2013) * E7 series (from 3 March 2019) File:E2 J8 Nasuno 272 Omiya 20110206.jpg, E2 series shinkansen train File:Series-E7-F21.jpg, An E7 series shinkansen train Former rolling stock * 185 series EMUs (15 November 1982 - September 1997) * E1 series (''Max Tanigawa'') (until September 2012) * 200 series 10-car "K" sets (1 October 1997 – 15 March 2013) * E4 series (''Max Tanigawa'') (until 1 October 2021) File:JR East 185 shintokyu tanigawa akagi.jpg, ''Tanigawa'' limited express service operated by 185 series EMUs in the 1980s File:F8 Tanigawa 79 Gala-Yuzawa 20060115.JPG, 200 series shinkansen train on ''Tanigawa'' service near Gala-Yuzawa Station File:E1inTakasaki.JPG, E1 series at Takasaki Station File:E4inKumagayaSt1.JPG, E4 series in January 2007 History The name ''Tanigawa'' (written as "谷川") was first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toki (train)
The is a high-speed Shinkansen train service operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on the Joetsu Shinkansen in Japan. The name is taken from the Japanese name of the crested ibis, for which Niigata is famous. Station Stops * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (*) Not served by all trains Rolling stock * E2 series 10-car sets (from 26 January 2013) * E7 series 12-car sets (''Toki'') (from 3 March 2019) File:E2 J63 omiya.JPG, An E2 series set File:Series-E7-F21.jpg, An E7 series set Former rolling stock * E1 series 12-car sets (''Max Toki'') (until 28 September 2012) * 200 series 10-car sets "K" sets (until 15 March 2013) * E4 series 8-car sets (''Max Toki'') (until 1 October 2021) File:JR East Shinkansen E1(renewal).jpg, A refurbished E1 series set File:JNR200-K51.jpg, A refurbished 200 series set File:Series-E4-P20.jpg, A refurbished E4 series set History Limited express The name ''Toki'' was first introduced on 10 June 1962 for limited express ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asahi (train)
The was a limited-stop train service that operated until November 2002 in Japan on the Joetsu Shinkansen high-speed line between Tokyo and Niigata. Operations The ''Asahi'' shinkansen services ran approximately hourly, with two down services (''Asahi'' 1 and 3) permitted to operate at 275 km/h in the tunnel section between and using specially modified 200 series (F90) sets, completing the journey in 1 hour 40 minutes (compared to the fastest journey time of 1 hour 37 minutes in 2008 for '' Toki'' services operating at a maximum speed of 240 km/h).JR Timetable, December 2008 Rolling stock * 200 series 10/12-car sets (November 1982 – November 2002) * E1 series 12-car sets, as ''Max Asahi'' (July 1994 – November 2002) * E2 series 8-car sets (December 1998 – November 2002) * E4 series 8-car sets, as ''Max Asahi'' (May 2001 – November 2002) History The name ''Asahi'', meaning "morning sun" in Japanese, dates from before World War II, when i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asama (train)
The is a high-speed Shinkansen train service operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on the Hokuriku Shinkansen in Japan. The shinkansen service was introduced in October 1997, but the name was first used for a semi-express service operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1961. "Asama" is the name of an active volcano (Mount Asama) near Karuizawa, on the boundary between Gunma and Nagano Prefecture. Operations All 16 ''Asama'' services stopped at , , , , , , , and . 11 of them made an additional stop at , , and . Train formations ''Asama'' services are operated using 12-car E7 series or W7 series trainsets formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Tokyo end. Car 11 is a "Green" car, and car 12 is a "Gran Class" car with 2+1 seating. Unlike on Tohoku Shinkansen ''Hayabusa'' services, however, a dedicated attendant service is not provided in Gran Class cars on ''Asama'' services. All cars are no-smoking. File:E7Gran Class.JPG, Interior of an E7 series Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasuno (train)
The is a train service operated on the Tōhoku Shinkansen by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan. It serves all stations between and , a medium-sized city approximately 225 km north of Tokyo.JR Timetable, December 2008 Origin The name ''Nasuno'' is derived from the and areas located alongside the Tōhoku Shinkansen between Utsunomiya and Kōriyama. Operations There are approximately 16 return ''Nasuno'' trains daily, starting/terminating either at , Nasushiobara, or Kōriyama. ''Nasuno'' services stop at all stations en route. Double-decker ''Nasuno'' services formed of E4 series sets also operated up until September 2012, named ''Max Nasuno''. Rolling stock * E2 series (since March 1997) * E3 series * E5 series (since November 2011) * E6 series (since 16 March 2013)JR Timetable, March 2013 = * 200 series (June 1982 – November 2011) * E1 series (''Max Yamabiko'') (July 1994 – December 1999) * E4 series (''Max Yamabiko'') (until 28 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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