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E5 Series Shinkansen

JR released a computer rendering of its new E5 Series Shinkansen earlier this week:

And they also showed a model to the press:

I suppose it’s meant to be super fast, but I can’t say I think it looks nicer than most of the older models.

Your thoughts on the new design?

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25 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - February 4, 2009 at 3:02 pm

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The Overthinker

Could they get a more phallic design?

Pozo

Unlikely, but from an aerodynamic point of view this is excellent!

http://www.feitclub.com feitclub

Looks like a duck to me.

I couldn’t care less what the outside looks like, so long as they continue to improve the interiors and shave a few more minutes of my Osaka-Tokyo trips. The N700 cars are quite comfy and don’t stink of cigarette smoke. I hope this one will actively secrete sweet-smelling aromatherapy mist while we travel back in time, allowing me to arrive in Tokyo before I departed Osaka.

LB

If you can get from Osaka to Tokyo while riding this train, you will have figured out how to do something no-one else will have figured out how to do….
The Overthinker

In other words, these are going north, not south….

helical

Shape is fine. Coloring, not so much.

Melonpan

Agreed,

Colors need to be revised. That teal color is just not very pleasing to look at.

http://www.zdwonline.de Haf

Looks like toothpaste with that coloring. At least it’s fresh.

So how fast is super fast?

Klauscore

very cool
awdwadawd

its a new dildo? o… a train… well…

Eddie

Wow, that’s such a FUNNY joke!!! You are a comedic genius!!!!
ROFL!!! LMAO!! BBQ!!!!!

taksan

errrr. fugly.
xapiskeed

I think the designers had to compensate for “something”
http://halfaloafoftofu.com archie4oz

The 500 series trains are still by far the best looking. Too bad they cost so much and are slowly being phased out.

The Overthinker

The 0 Series is great as well. An icon, that one.

http://witzl.blogspot.com/ Mary Witzl

Gee, Overthinker, I overthought that too. Glad it wasn’t only me. But it does look cool.
niels

They should have JR Kyushu do the interior design. Then that will at least not suck.
ashredrum

Maybe people won’t jump in front of this train… When there thinking about when to jump it’ll have past them by.
Rated-R

Tokyo and Osaka are really gonna be F-ing eachother with this Dildoctic design!

http://www.japansoc.com Nick Ramsay

Poor Nagoya.
LB

Is it just me, or did no-one actually watch the video, or if they did, did they not understand what the 東北新幹線 is, where it goes, or where 新青森 is?

The Overthinker

No, Maybe, No, No, and No.
I think that’s the right number….

Anonymous

What the fuck happened to the nekomimi air brakes from the Fastech 360S? The E5 looks just like every other N700 out there.
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Rickard Anderson

JR East tested two nose shapes: Arrow-Line (shown above) and Stream-Line (similar to the 500 Series Shinkansen). The Arrow-Line was selected because it was superior in reducing tunnel shock and associated noise. So the decision was more technical than aesthetic. I saw one of the test trains last October in Morioka while transferring to the Akita Shinkansen. Seeing one “in the flesh” with its long nose was quite striking compared to the artistic renderings and tiny models. These new E5 units will replace the current E2 units on the Tohoku Shinkansen Hayate Service.