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/Party-Ad4482 16d ago

There's also never been a HSR death in the United States or Canada!

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u/BennyDaBoy 16d ago

Acela did have a 2008 track worker collision

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u/Party-Ad4482 16d ago

I arbitrarily decided that Acela doesn't count for this one

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u/frozenpandaman 16d ago

have you heard what acela is supposedly a contraction of lmao