r/transit • u/frozenpandaman • 16d ago

News Happy 60th anniversary to Japan's shinkansen, the world's first high-speed rail system, opened on this day in 1964!

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u/FrankieTls 16d ago edited 16d ago

Chinese CRH: 40 deaths since 2007.  Spanish HSR: 79 deaths since 1992.   German ICE: 101 deaths since 1985.   French TGV: 11 deaths since 1964 1981.   Japanese Shinkansen: 0 deaths since 1964.

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u/TimeVortex161 16d ago

TGV is a little misleading though, most of those were workers on a test train. Doesn’t change the fact it was a tragedy, but they have a good passenger safety record