WIN350
Sign in to save"WIN350" was the name given to the 6-car experimental high-speed Shinkansen train developed in 1992 by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Japan to test technology to be incorporated in next-generation shinkansen trains expected to operate at speeds of from 1994. Initially given the designation "500X", the name "WIN350" stood for "West Japan's Innovation for operation at 350 km/h".
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- Instance of
- rolling stock class
- Subclass of
- high-speed train
- Operator
- West Japan Railway Company
- Manufacturer
- Hitachi
- Image
- JRWest-500-901 (WIN350-1).jpg
- Speed
- 350
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- Shinkansen 500-900
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- 1992-06-08
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"WIN350" was the name given to the 6-car experimental high-speed Shinkansen train developed in 1992 by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Japan to test technology to be incorporated in next-generation shinkansen trains expected to operate at speeds of from 1994. Initially given the designation "500X", the name "WIN350" stood for "West Japan's Innovation for operation at 350 km/h".
==Design== Cars 500-901 to 500-903 were built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Hyogo Prefecture. Cars 500-904 to 500-906 were built by Hitachi in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
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