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Transportation · Recorded milestone

High-speed rail

Recorded year1964

Japan's Tokaido Shinkansen runs at 210 km/h, launching the bullet-train era.

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Built on

National electricity gridRecorded · 1926requires
Diesel-electric locomotiveRecorded · 1934enables

Led to

Personal pod networksRecorded · 1975enables
Superconducting maglev lineForecast · ~2038enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.