Original Japanese bullet train—inside tour | Curator with a Camera

日本人として、世界に誇る0系新幹線をイギリスが誇る国立鉄道博物館で大切に保存してもらっていることを嬉しく思います。新幹線の成り立ちから丁寧に説明されている素晴らしい動画です。ありがとう。

The seismometer network can actually apply the brakes before the earthquake reaches the train. The seismometer closest to the epicenter detects the earthquake and immediately commands all trains to apply emergency braking. The trains may not come to a full stop before the earthquake reach them, but they will have slowed down enough to minimize damage. They also have earthquake sirens in cities that work the same way.

Remarkable how advanced this train is in the 1960's and more remarkable that Japan's defeat in WW2 was only 20 years earlier. I just wish Japan could build a high speed train network in Australia. It's been spoken about for endless years but nothing ever evolves. As a museum piece this train looked brand spanking new

My only complaint about Curator with a Camera is there just aren't enough episodes! Great video, hope to see many more

If you live in the UK, once you have ridden the Shinkansen you really notice just how unfit for service UK railway is. In fact not even the shinkansen. Just any railway in Japan. It runs like clockwork and the staff provide impeccable friendly service.

I love the look of the old Shinkansen. It looks like someone took an airliner, removed the wings, and tail, cut the fuselage into sections, installed electric motors, and train wheels underneath, and now you have a really cool train.

In 2002 to 2004 I worked on the Taiwan High Speed Rail Project, rolling stock, power and train control systems. The trains were, IIRC, series 7000 Shinkansen. Some may know that this contract had been awarded to Alstom et al but that the Japanese consortium came in with such a price reduction that the Owner ditched Alstom (agreeing to pay them a huge amount in compensation) and place the order with the Japanese. This is a long intro to the point of my tale: bogies, width, coach length, loading gauges. The approach tunnels to Taipei station had already been completed and deemed fit for the European stock, as to width, height, length of carriage etc. Remember that the Alstom TGV units are articulated. For the non-articulated Japanese stock, there was some concern that the approach tunnels were too narrow. Japanese stock, being wider, on bogies, longer with more 'throw' on curves. Whilst the static loading gauges were deemed adequate, worries centred on the dynamic loading gauge. The Japanese companies stated that for their stock the dynamic loading gauge was the same as the static loading gauge, meaning that, inter alia, the coaches did not rock from side to side. An amazing concept. But they were right.

Imagine you're the engineer who built this car in the 70s. Instead of being demolished its well preserved in the museum in England!

I didn't think you could even see inside the nose of the Series 0!　It was a very interesting video, as few Japanese railroad fans have ever looked inside the nose of a Shinkansen. Thanks so much for the great video!

Having sat on the Shinkansen multiple times during my visit ( Thanks, JR pass), the entire ride experience, from entry to boarding to onboard was top notch. Don't think I've encountered such a seamless train ride experience before.

UK as a whole surely knows how to collect and preserve old relics. This train is very fortunate to find a good caretaker. Thank you. The curator has presented a never seen before footage with exceptional knowledge as well. 0-series was special one and it was a realization of their dream Japanese engineers had when they were forbidden to produce passenger planes.

This is an excellent video! In the 30 years I've lived in Japan I've ridden just about every model and visited the National Train Museum in Omiya several times but the one thing I have never, ever seen was inside the nose cone of a 0-series. Thank you for showing that!

I actually take the Shinkansen just to eat Station Boxed Food aka "ekiben" which is delicious and an experience to cherish while riding a train going 200kph+ from Tokyo to Okayama. No need to trasnfer lines, no need to board a plane. Station to Staion, you're in the middle of a big city to a big city!

One small thing I wish he mentioned was how the nose cone was opaque at launch and was illuminated from inside the nose. It changed colour depending on the direction of travel. And then it would have been cool when he shows the head lights from inside the nose, how the red filters rotate around to change the colour. But was cool to see behind that door inside the cab, I’ve always wondered what was behind it!

It’s crazy that this train design is 60 years old and does not look out of place along side modern rolling stock they really where so far ahead of the curve

The 0 Series Shinkansen really was a vision of the future. The only comparable train I can think of that embodied such a dramatic jump forward would be the Talgo.

Small correction: No Shinkansen line repalced any existing line. Intercity services got moved to Shinkansen lines - which translates to "new main line" - but the original main lines running along the same corridors still exist. Nowadays these lines carry mainly regional trains but still a limited number of long distance services alongside freight.

新幹線の選択の内部、初めて見ました。エンジニアリング的な解説って、日本のコンテンツでも 余り無いのよね。興味深い話、ありがとうございます。

Japanese guys had ATC & Telecom in HSR Trains in 60's, that's something impressive for that time!

When I visited YRM, from China in 2016, it was fantastic to be able to sit inside the carriage and imagine what it was like to be a salaryman commuting to work in the 1960's.