Editing Shinkansen (section)

== Speed records ==

=== Traditional rail ===
[[File:300x-955-6.jpg|thumb|Class 955 "300X"]]
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!colspan=2| Speed<ref name="Semmens1997">{{Cite book| last = Semmens | first = Peter | title = High Speed in Japan: Shinkansen – The World's Busiest High-speed Railway | publisher = Platform 5 Publishing | year = 1997 | location = Sheffield, UK | isbn = 1-872524-88-5}}</ref>
!rowspan=2| Train
!rowspan=2| Location
!rowspan=2| Date
!rowspan=2| Comments
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!km/h
!mph
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| {{convert|200|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
| [[Class 1000 Shinkansen]]
| Kamonomiya test track in [[Odawara, Kanagawa|Odawara]], part of [[Tōkaidō Shinkansen]]
|align=right| 31 October 1962
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| {{convert|256|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
| Class 1000 Shinkansen
| Kamonomiya test track
|align=right| 30 March 1963
| Former [[Land speed record for railed vehicles|world speed record]] for [[Electric multiple unit|EMU]] trains.
|-
| {{convert|286|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
| [[Class 951 Shinkansen]]
| [[San'yō Shinkansen]]
|align=right| 24 February 1972
| Former world speed record for EMU trains.
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| {{convert|319|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
| [[Class 961 Shinkansen]]
| [[Oyama, Tochigi|Oyama]] test track, part of [[Tōhoku Shinkansen]]
|align=right| 7 December 1979
| Former world speed record for EMU trains.
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| {{convert|326|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
| [[300 Series Shinkansen|300 series]]
| Tōkaidō Shinkansen
|align=right| 28 February 1991
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| {{convert|336|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
| [[400 Series Shinkansen|400 series]]
| [[Jōetsu Shinkansen]]
|align=right| 26 March 1991
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| {{convert|345|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
| [[400 Series Shinkansen|400 series]]
| Jōetsu Shinkansen
|align=right| 19 September 1991
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| {{convert|346|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
| [[WIN350|500-900 series "WIN350"]]
| [[San'yō Shinkansen]]
|align=right| 6 August 1992
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| {{convert|350|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
| 500–900 series "WIN350" || San'yō Shinkansen
|align=right| 8 August 1992
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|-
| {{convert|352|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
| [[STAR21|Class 952/953 "STAR21"]]
| [[Jōetsu Shinkansen]]
|align=right| 30 October 1992
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| {{convert|425|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
| Class 952/953 "STAR21"
| Jōetsu Shinkansen
|align=right| 21 December 1993
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| {{convert|427|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
| [[300X|Class 955 "300X"]]
| Tōkaidō Shinkansen
|align=right| 11 July 1996
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| {{convert|443|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
| Class 955 "300X"
| Tōkaidō Shinkansen
|align=right| 26 July 1996
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=== Maglev ===
[[File:JR Central SCMaglev L0 Series Shinkansen 201408081002.jpg|thumb|[[L0 Series Shinkansen]], unconventional world speed record holder ({{convert|603|km/h|1|abbr=on|disp=or}})]]

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|-
!colspan=2| Speed
!rowspan=2| Train
!rowspan=2| Location
!rowspan=2| Date
!rowspan=2| Comments
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!km/h
!mph
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| {{convert|550|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
| rowspan=3|[[SCMaglev|MLX01]]
| rowspan=5|[[Chūō Shinkansen]] (Yamanashi test track)
|align=right| 24 December 1997
| rowspan=4|Former [[Land speed record for railed vehicles|world speed record]]
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| {{convert|552|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=right| 14 April 1999
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| {{convert|581|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=right| 2 December 2003
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| {{convert|590|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
| rowspan=2|[[L0 Series Shinkansen|L0 series]]
|align=right| 16 April 2015<ref name="yomiuri20150416">{{cite web |url= http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20150416-OYT1T50132.html|script-title=ja: リニア「Ｌ０系」、世界最高の５９０キロ記録|trans-title= L0 series maglev sets world speed record of 590&nbsp;km/h |date=16 April 2015 |work= Yomiuri Online|publisher= The Yomiuri Shimbunl|location= Japan|language= ja|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150416230147/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20150416-OYT1T50132.html|archive-date=16 April 2015|access-date=17 April 2015}}</ref>
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| {{convert|603|km/h|mph|0|disp=table}}
|align=right| 21 April 2015<ref name="guardian20150421" />
| World speed record
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