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JR West launches Hikari Rail Star
By Railway Gazette International and Murray Hughes2000-02-01T11:00:00
ON MARCH 11 West Japan Railway launches its own Series 700 shinkansen trainsets between Shin Osaka and Hakata. The eight-car sets have a maximum speed of 285 km/h and are similar to the 16-car Series 700 units already in service with JR Central (RG 10.98 p697).
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