Seven Nozomis an hour to challenge the airlines

By Railway Gazette International2001-03-01T11:00:00

INTRO: Faced with growing competition from deregulated airlines, JR Central plans to run seven ultra-fast Nozomi trains every hour between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka. JR Central President Yoshiyuki Kasai revealed his strategy to Murray Hughes in NagoyaAFTER many years of continuous growth, traffic volume on the Tokaido Shinkansen peaked in the ...

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