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JR Series 700-7000 Sanyo Shinkansen Bullet Train "Hikari Rail Star" - 3 Cars Set - Tomix 92276

• Three (3) cars set Bullet Train
• Excellent quality and performance
• Light gray color with dark gray and yellow bands
• Realistic design with great details
• Working head and tail lights (Car 1 & Car 3)
• Lights change in direction of travel
  • Car 1: Type 723 7000 Coach
  • Car 2: Type 725 7600 Coach (powered - motor)
  • Car 3: Type 724 7500 Coach
• Scale: N
• Series 700 Add-On set (5 cars) Tomix 92277 for this train available here
• Very Limited quantities available since item sold out from manufacturer.

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The 700 Series Shinkansen trainsets for Japan's Shinkansen dedicated high-speed rail lines were built between 1997 and 2004, entering service in 1999. The design goal was to produce a train almost as fast as the 500 Series Shinkansen but at a substantially lower cost. This goal was met, and 83 trains have been built and are in service. Top speed is 285 kmh (177 mph), but given that speeds higher than that are only permitted on a few stretches of line, the journey time is actually only a little longer than for a 500 series.

Unlike the sleek 500 series, the 700 series is characterized by its flat 'duck-bill' nose. 16-car units are painted white with blue stripes beneath the windows, and are used for Nozomi, Hikari, and Kodama services on the To-kaido- and Sanyo lines, while 8-car units used for the Sanyo Shinkansen Hikari Rail Star services have a darker livery (grey with black window areas and a yellow stripe beneath the windows) which also acts to visually deemphasize the units' nose area, resulting in a more streamlined impression.