Shinkansen

Many people call the Shinkansen the "bullet train" because it has a long, round nose.

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The bullet train was invented in the early 1990s.

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Hideo Shima was the inventor of the bullet train.

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The bullet train is one of the slowest trains in the world.

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The journey from Tokyo to Nagano now takes three hours with the bullet train.

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Even though they are fast, you feel like you aren't moving at all on a bullet train.

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Bullet trains run on gasoline.

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Bullet trains are very noisy.

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• The bullet train travels across exactly 50 bridges.

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• Billions of people travel by train every day, especially in China, India, and Europe.

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