Item Tag: Bullet Train

The 100 series was a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed electric multiple unit which operated between 1985 and 2012 on the Tokaido Shinkansen and Sanyo Shinkansen high-speed lines. The last remaining examples of the type were withdrawn from service following the last runs on 16 March 2012.

This model was the mainstay on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines from the end of the JNR era until the launch of JR, but with the introduction of successor vehicles, it was withdrawn from service on the Tokaido Shinkansen on 16 September 2003, and from service on the Sanyo Shinkansen on 16 March 2012.