Hikari (train)
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Hikari is the name of a high-speed train service running on the Tōkaidō and San'yō Shinkansen "bullet train" lines in Japan. Slower than the premier Nozomi but faster than the all-stations Kodama, the Hikari is the fastest train service on the Tōkaidō and San'yō Shinkansen that can be used with the Japan Rail Pass, which is not valid for travel on the Nozomi or Mizuho trains except through a special supplementary ticket.
700 series Hikari Rail Star, April 2009
0 series 12-car set SK5 on a West Hikari service, March 1997
Children's play area on a Family Hikari service, December 2003
JR West N700 series, April 2009
0 Series Shinkansen
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The 0 series trains were the first generation Shinkansen trainsets built to run on Japan's Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed line which opened in 1964. The last remaining trainsets were withdrawn in 2008 after 44 years of service.
0 series 6-car set R67 at Higashi-Hiroshima Station in April 2008
A 0 series set in Tokyo in May 1967
Interior of a 1st class car in May 1967
Analog speed display in the passenger compartment