60 years ago, on Oct 1st, 1964, the very first Shinkansen line was inaugurated. It connected Tokyo and Osaka with new trains reaching up to 220km/h. With its introduction just in time for the Olympic Games in Japan, the era of highspeed trains dawned.

https://www.geo.de/wissen/weltgeschichte/ein-bild-und-seine-geschichte--japan-feiert-den-schnellsten-zug-der-welt--35093150.html (in German)

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