Shinkansen Vs. Amtrak 30fps

[astraeagreek]

took me three days to go to boston from san diego in 2008. no better now. it still take three days. i don't need to go to boston that bad.

[tehatemachine]

america used to have passion for mass trainsit by rail in teh 60's, especially with all the new rapid transit systems we where building (which had so many innovations). now all that is a just an echo of the past. But don't fear or worry, it will come back, and this time they wont have a choice because freeways will only get more packed.

[thunderdragon14]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!!!

[Quy4life]

japan is all about efficiency!!! America careless.

[mekainko]

US sent human to the moon so i think Americans can do anything

even shinkansen is too easy for them

if they try seriously....

[topcat890]

we need high speed rail in Arizona

[AF401]

Dudes... from Osaka to Tokyo, the speed of the shinkansen is up to 270 km/h no matter if it's the 300 Hikari, 500(former Nozomi)Kodama, 700 Hikari/Nozomi or the N700 Nozomi.

[topcat890]

A High Speed train from North Phoenix to Las Vegas will be butter for the people of valley of the sun became people are spend more money getting to and from Vegas by the airline and driving up the dangerous highways. A High speed train will save people lot of money !

[sideslide23]

pariently there too much mountain to go to vegas from phoenix, but they should do the High speed train from phoenix to L.A. because its all flat and there not that much bountain and they can build it allong the interstate 10 Highway.

[topcat890]

A High Speed train from North Phoenix to Las Vegas will be butter for the people of valley of the sun became people are spend more money getting to and from Vegas by the airline and driving up the dangerous highways. A High speed train will save people lot of money !

[hirotakajun]

Shinkansen operate 5minutes interval.

Average delay per train is 6 seconds.

3cities between Tokyo and Osaka are over 1million population city.

Between LA and Las Vegas, you cannot find enough passenger to support the system. I think the US is too huge for the train system to be profittable.

[chaechong]

Thank you.

[kuronekocfu]

wow that's what i'm talking about. you can really feel the speed in this video :)

[orlandoracer407]

thank god Florida is work on a high speed rail system

[sideslide23]

so is California and Nevada.

[elfabyanos]

If you're gonna make political broadcasts its important to get your facts right.

[mugshotesp]

Shinkansen goes up to 300 km/.h and that is for Sanyo line only. Tohoku will go 320 km/h when the new E5 is launched.

[hh5944]

I like your presentation.

[deadeviltimothy666]

It's impossible for any series of the Shinkansen that runs at 360km/h. The fastest two: Shinkansen 500 Series and N700 Series can only run up to 300km/h. The newest Skinkansen E5 will run up to 320km/h. Also, if you travel from ShinOsaka to Tokyo, the maximum speed for any series is 270km/h only. If you are traveling from ShinOsaka to Hakata, then you may be able to travel at the train's max speed.

[yangj08]

None of the Shinkansen trains in revenue service run that fast, but the Fastech *360* got its name for a reason.

[deadeviltimothy666]

Fastech 360S/Z is now the former name of E5 Series. 360 representing the highest speed it can reach will be 360.4km/h. However, when the train is OFFICIALLY in service, the maximum speed will be up to 320km/h. Experimental can run up to 360km/h. OFFICIALLY only up to 320km/h.

[yangj08]

I'm not disagreeing with you. What you call "OFFICIALLY" is what I meant by "revenue service". For whatever reason, they don't run that fast when actually carrying passengers.

[thibaulthalpern]

I like this video! Very informative!

[priestpilot]

Very similar to what happened at VIA Rail up here in Canada. In 1990 the government cut a lot of its subsidies and in one day, half of its network vanished! Bus companies complained that they were getting "unfair subsidies". Then "Liberal" Prime Minister Paul Martin who used to own a bus line canceled upgrade subsidies! Our current Conservative PM seems to only have his oil sands as a priority...can you blame them though? They're so greedy, all they want is money, and more money!

[LouAu]

All politicians are untrustworthy!!

[Dezarus2100]

why isit d world only superpower still have a 3rd world rail system? I think its because of strong lobbies from boeing n exxonmobil, n also mebe bcoz of toyota n gm.

[yangj08]

If Toyota were any part of the problem, then why does the Shinkansen back in its home country remain alive and well?

[stropsomsoc100]

People are perplexed to non-human society because efficiency, efficiency, and

suddenness are required in Japan.

The dining car and the private room of Shinkansen train had already been abolished .

It became the ordinary　commuter train for efficiency.

Shinkansen was constructed in the provinces and many blue trains were almost abolished.

Recently, the emotion of travel are vanishing .

[mypetridish]

guys, no kidding:

i left on amtrak from rochester at 3pm (schduled to leave at 2:27pm) and arrived at NY penn station at 11:45pm (scheduled to arrive at 9:15pm!!!) and missed my connecting amtrak train to Newark Airport at 11:15pm.

The journey took a good 8 hours! F amtrak!

[FeelFree3]

Travel by plane in US would be much better than train since they make best planes in the world.

[mypetridish]

Americans are best at inefficiencies, that's all there is to it.

[Camsynth]

yay shinkansen!

one question, how fast does Amtrak travel in speed?

[R1608713]

upto 150MPH on the Northeast Corridor, 90MPH on portions where the Southeast Chief runs, 90 on some corridors, its 110 or so on the Keystone Corridor, and 79MPH on most freight tracks. I might have left out other areas where speed is higher.

[yangj08]

I'd be more impressed if trains could hold that speed consistently on those segments. But as long as freight comes first or they're too lazy to bring the track/trains/signals up to spec it won't happen.

[petchay8099]

how much was the fare from osaka to tokyo by shinkansen?

[cae12810]

140dollar

[SamuraiTogo]

★Shinkansen's normal Speed (World's No.1) ×　200km/hour(woman's comment on movie) ○　300-320km/hour 210km/hour is speed at opening Shinkansen in 1964. 350km/hour's now planned. But 1964!!!!! It's incredible! It's just only ★19years★ after losing WW２ by that Japan lost everething. That's miracle. ① Shinkansen Japan 1964 19years after WW２ ② TGV France 1981 36years after WW２ ③ ICE-3 Germany 2002 57years after WW２

[tmtdk]

What are you?

[Fiorekolej]

@SamuraiTogo

The 1'st generation of the ICE trains in Germany (top speed - 250km/h) has been started in 1991 - 46years after WW2

[669656]

excellent video.....thanks guys

[BobWeaver112]

Due to current infrastructure limitations across the nation, Amtrak trains many times just cannot be run on time due to the fact that they have to contend with other trains on a given line. Dispatchers by law have to give Amtrak the operational priority, but many times, it just isn't possible.

[BravoAlphaRomeo]

so, how horrific is it when a car gets stuck on the tracks?

[vthuppil]

The Japanese are too efficient for having cars stuck on tracks. If they've been running these trains for 44 years without a single casualty, in a highly earthquake prone country, that says a lot.

[BravoAlphaRomeo]

lol, they are crazy efficient, but yea, I relized after I poseted that, that there were no crossings....

[Starbuck2143]

From what I have read/learned, there are no railroad crossings on any shinkansen lines in Japan.

[BravoAlphaRomeo]

just watching this video and it was like 30 seconds after I posted that I relize that there are not crossings........any ways thanks bro

[vthuppil]

Amtrak service is marginally better off in the Northeast, but even Acela is just barely high-speed rail and is certainly no Shinkansen.

Fortunately, here in California, there is going to be a $9 billion bond put forth to California voters on the ballot this November to fund a new 220 mph (350 kmph) high-speed rail project connecting Sacramento and the Bay Area with Los Angeles and continuing down to San Diego. Hopefully it gets approved so that at least California can boast of high-speed rail!

[mrgisa]

I have to agree: the KTX/Shinkansen is a superb, efficient, safe and clean high speed rail network that runs well. When I go home and use the VIA from Toronto to Montreal, it's embarassingly bumpy, dirty, slow and prone to delays. Our government did the same thing you guys did and have the same problems. Did you know that the same companies that bought up and tore up the tracks did the same thing to several Streetcar routes? They were fined one dollar...pft! Great video!

[tastyryan]

5:10 US needs brains and money, don't live on fake money peeps.

[heiyoulianglaohu]

I completely agree with your video 100%! When I was in Korea we used to take the KTX Korail train between Busan, Seoul, and Daegu. The average speed of the KTX was around 200 mph, and ran to each destination about every two hours all day until the late hours of the night. I now have a Korean student living with me and after I moved back to america recently and was thinking about taking him on a trip on the amtrak, but have never ridden one. After watching your video, I'm a little embarassed to.

[scyhk]

Amtrak sucks..

[ltrjohn]

The car, dispersed living, and a phobia for public goods accessible to all classes are deeply ingrained into the psyche of most Americans.

While industrial sectors may have kicked things off, the brainwashing and addiction is so complete that it is hard to put the genie back in the bottle.

Money alone won't fix Amtrak -- real change will only happen when people start taking Amtrak en masse and CLAMOUR for better.

[bassonator38]

shinkansens are sooooo much cleaner than amtraks too!

[rontayan]

Basically what is needed is for some entrepreneur to want to build one.

Now is the perfect time with the economy in its current state. What we need is to repair the damage that our Auto Industry has done.

At this point people would be more accepting of mass rapid transit.

The hardest part is doing the research and funding the project. It would be a VERY ambitious project, but for the man\woman with the determination it would be very profitable.

[illxtra]

This is some great information and I am a railfan and all but seriously, who in the US is going to ride trains versus airplanes and their own cars??? You can blame the government and you can blame oil companies but we all need to blame ourselves; they only give us what WE want.

[mj1234321]

At least Amtrak service isn't quite so pathetic here in the northeast.

[soveren]

very informative!

same sad story in the UK too alas

[UrsusArctosT34]

Not to mention that most US aircraft are ageing, inefficient ones, or that flights are half-full, in a slump that started before 9/11. That worsens fuel costs and pollution. A rail network as efficient as the Shinkansen would really make a big difference.

Shameful. The United States became what it was with railways, but now that's all history. Shameful.

[PatrickTomaszewski]

California might get highspeed rail!

[BLAKEamtrak]

The video is Right

[kokansenhikari]

There is one correction to make.

300km per hour is 186 miles per hour.

Japan is developing train with top speed of 225miles per hour.(360km).

[cheencheenvideo]

Oh. Whoops! I got that wrong. Thanks for the correction!

[kokansenhikari]

No problem at all.

What you are showing in this video is absolutely right. US government spends only 200 million to keep it float.shame!.

[H4x04]

I really do love your videos thank you.

[cheencheenvideo]

Thank you! You're so kind.

[ronthecyborg]

very good video.

You made that music with Garageband, didn't you? I recognize the loops.

[cheencheenvideo]

Thanks.

Yes, I made that music with Garage Band! Isn't that program great? I love it.

[NCStL576]

That's President Bush for ya'.

[thunderdragon14]

Amazing just amazing! How on Earth could Americans be so blind. If people started using public transportation instead of their gas guzzling SUVs we might not have a huge hole in the atmosphere. Gotta love our oil company run government. :]

[cheencheenvideo]

I know; I agree. I find it so amazing that while so many people are complaining about gas prices, many of them are still buying huge SUVs and Hummers.

[AmtrakBill]

Great video and great facts. Here is another: The Goverment spends more money every year picking up road kill than what they give Amtrak to transport 24 million passengers!

[cheencheenvideo]

Wow, that's incredible. I didn't know that! Thanks for sharing.