The Bullet Train "NOZOMI" Part3 Hiroshima-Okayama

[baconsandwich2007]

14 seconds late???? It's disgraceful!!

[hsgmsj]

LMAO...why are there windshield wipers?

[sampsonz]

@hsgmsj for when it rains

[dhchen75]

driver's control with computer protected moving-block system and speed limit

[peterpocasset]

Is this train fully under cmoputer control or under the driver's control ?

[volante8657]

@peterpocasset

in normal situation, the computer will make your "envelope" and do most of the braking for you, but the acceleration and approaching of the station is completely human-operated

[Expresso98]

Fantastic insight into the duties of a Japanese shinkansen driver. So professional!! And the are right to so proudly wear their uniform - the Japanese train system without doubt leads the world. And it shows the Australian system to be the pathetic embarrassment that it is.

[gustavo87467357]

well i donno a shit about japanese so we can't say that the translation was poor

[UACV]

best* thats is why JR is above 5stars*****

[ejdf870]

This is AMAZING! It looks so much faster than the TGV! I'm a NYC subway train operator, but I've never seen anything like this!

[terubuk1986]

@ejdf870 U got a cool job dude.

[ejdf870]

@terubuk1986 Yeah, thinking about it, it sure beats being stuck in a cubicle all day.

[poopsonlavega]

@ejdf870 Yes, but, it's not ;) TGV = 320 km/h with passangers.

[AF401]

@poopsonlavega This Shinkansen series 500 was made to run @ 320 but noise restrictions makes it unable to do it.

This shinkansen is still quicker than TGV as it has an acceleration of 1.92km/h x sec and it reaches 300km/h under 3 minutes

[planes100]

@ejdf870 the japanese are very advanced in many areas.

[vulgarmachine2]

@ejdf870

Aye it is really quite astounding, but the shinkansen is slightly slower than the TGV!!! It is however much closer to the ground, so it appears to be travelling faster.

[airr916]

i wonder if you can sit next to the driver if you pay more. i would definitly pay that price to sit next to the driver.

[Danielovich1982]

I really love the 500 series. This video and the rest of them of this operation are, just, awesome. By the way, have you heard the engine's sound? It seems to me or this train have some kind of "shifts"?

[LOLAB361]

It is not an engine sound.

it is VVVF[Variable Voltage Variable Frequency] sound.

[Danielovich1982]

I'll never go to sleep without knowing something new. Thanks!

[ks3298]

VVVF is the AC-powered motor control system.

And it's also known as ADAF for foreign countries.

In fact, this isn't the real motor sound.

VVVF generates a certain sound wave, and the wave cause resonance with car's body.

Finally, the resonanted sound gets into your ears.

Some people love these VVVF sounds.

They're colled "Oto-tetsu" (Train sound's lover) in Japan.

[onoharahigashi]

i love the way it takes those dreadful curves soooo smoothly!!!!

[NJN0000]

I watched every minute of it.....It just felt epic.... i demand moar please

[ahyzthea]

i always love to ride in the shinkansen. i miss Japan.. :)

[alberttwo68]

Thank you for amazing video. I have not ever seen that. Very interested.

As i undesrtanding , JRailways similary with our airlines. Loudly performing checklist, saluting and other attributics. Highly discipline of JR personals.

Please explane me what is ATC ?

[66bass]

atc automatic traffic (train??) control. it is also using in air traffic. i've never seen it in trains yet - until now

[EAFSQ9]

ATC(or Automated Train Control) is a system that makes sure that the train does not violated speed restrictions and also it provides information to the train driver about speed limits, as you will not see signs saying 100Km or 250Km as they will flash by in an instant.Lastly, ATC is like a autobraking system if the driver goes over the limit(unless trying to make up time for late departure)

[JSimp140]

that was a 100 series grand hikari at fukuyama! those are gone now!

[POON3345]

The 100 series were built in 1982 I think.

[sohome]

Japanese "Kankai"（緩解、かんかい） stands for "release".

[Ramerez491]

why does he always salute when he goes through a station?

[volante8657]

he is saluting to the officers on the platform.

not sure if they do that on narrow gauge, but salute is what's done since the dawn of shinkansen

PS.Japanese runs their railways as armies or airliners of sort..

[EAFSQ9]

The salute is just saying like a hello, and they do it on all gauges.

[RJX1011D]

@Ramerez491

To the staff on the station with the thank and respect.

Even if they can see each other.

Maybe staff on the station also salute. That's the Japanese way.

[POON3345]

Very fast.