Hello, English speaker here. If I didn't misunderstood, the reason why Sanyo shinkansen can't speed up to 320 is because N700 is only rated for 300 kmph. However, if I'm not mistaken, isn't the designed speed for N700A is 330 kmph and N700S is 360kmph? After all, the Texas Central Railway is designed to be operating at 330 kmph using N700 series. Maybe the concern is on the older series vehicles like the 500 series and 700 series that are still operating on that line.
Hi, Sbeve. You know much about Shinkansen! I'm not sure but the Japanese Wikipedia says that the design speed for N700(A) and N700S is 300 kmph and 360 kmph, respectively. In the video, Tacmic, a video owner, said that one of the reasons why Sanyo shinkansen can't speed up over 300 kmph is that the JR west is jointly operates Shinkansen with the JR east and the JR Kyushu.
@@hynor I just double checked, and found out that the Mizuho and Sakura trains are actually still using the older N700 series. And if I'm not mistaken the original N700 is only rated for 300 kmph, whereas the N700A can hit 330 I'm pretty sure. Which means if sanyo shinkansen were to upgrade to 320, the trains for Mizuho and Sakura will need to be changed. I don't think the joint operation is a huge issue, because JR West have good relationship with JR Central and JR Kyushu, unlike JR East and Central (I believe their relationship gone sour after JR Central refuses to connect Tokaido with Tohoku shinkansen). After all, the 700 series is jointly developed by JR West and Central. That said, it does require significant changes to the train schedule as the travel time has shortened. But this won't be the first time Sanyo shinkansen increases its speed so I don't think it is undoable.
@@sbeve7445 Well, unfortunately, I'm not a railway buff so that I don't have enough knowledge to have further discussions by the way. FYI, the other guys left several comments about the reasons why Sanyo Shinkansen hasn't had commercial operations over 300 kmph down to the present day: (1) for a safety based on the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake disaster, (2) a countermeasure for noise, (3) a piston effect, (4) cost-effectiveness of a market sharing against airplanes, etc. PS Help me, Tac-mic-san!
@@hynor That sounds fair. Thank you for your comment. I'm not very good at Japanese so it takes some time for me to read. I agree that earthquake is certainly a big concern.
@@sbeve7445 I suppose that it is technically able to achieve higher-speed operations upto 320 kmph or 360 kmph as you mentioned. So I should say "why Sanyo Shinkansen DOESN'T speed up to 320 kmph." Thank you. Keep in touch.
