"STAR21" was the name given to the Class 952/953 (952・953形) 9-car experimental Shinkansen train developed in 1992 by the East Japan Railway Company in Japan to test technology to be incorporated in next-generation shinkansen trains operating at speeds of 350 km/h (217 mph) or higher. The name was an acronym for "Superior Train for the Advanced Railway toward the 21st Century".
Image: STAR21 952 1 Maibara 20060727
Image: JRE 953 5 953 1
Sticker on the side of 953-5 commemorating the national railway speed record of 425.0 km/h(lower:Receive the Heisei7(1995) IEEJ Electrical Science Promotion Award(Progress Award).)
Car 952-1 preserved at Maibara, July 2006
The Jōetsu Shinkansen (上越新幹線) is a high-speed shinkansen railway line connecting Tokyo and Niigata, Japan, via the Tōhoku Shinkansen, operated by the East Japan Railway Company. Despite its name, the line does not pass through the city of Jōetsu or the historical Jōetsu region, which instead are served by the Hokuriku Shinkansen. The name instead originates from the parallel Jōetsu Line, which in turn is named after the two provinces that it connects: Jōshū, and Echigo Province.
An E7 series train on a Joetsu Shinkansen Toki service in October 2021
An E7 series trainset
200 series on a Tanigawa service in January 2011
E1 series on a Max Asahi service in June 2002
