Kyoto-bound Shinkansen.

Bullet Train runs its cast down the Tokaido Shinkansen corridor. The on-screen sets are stylised N700S Series trains, the current JR Central flagship, though the film's interiors are built for the camera rather than copied from the production car.

The real thing

Class	Shinkansen N700S Series
Operator	JR Central / JR West
Stock record	Awaiting a canonical vehicle record
Screen duty	Kyoto-bound Shinkansen

Where to meet it

The Signal panel resolves the real stock into the live network, the heritage register and the model bench. Rows only appear where a real target exists.

Next on the same line

Three more screen trains.

All entries

KTX-I high-speed train at Busan Station.

Reel 09 2016 · 15 · 1h 58 Train to Busan Screen trainKTX 101 to Busan Real stockRotem KTX-I high-speed train High-speed View entry Reel 15 2018 · 15 · 1h 34 The 15:17 to Paris Screen trainThalys international service Real stockAlstom TGV Euroduplex / PBA sets High-speed View entry

GWR 4900 Class No. 5972 Olton Hall in maroon livery at a platform.

Reel 01 2001 · PG · 2h 32 Harry Potter Franchise Screen trainHogwarts Express Real stockGWR 4900 Class (4-6-0) · No. 5972 Olton Hall Steam View entry

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Locomotive photography credits

File:5972 "Olton Hall" (3739156535).jpg — Phil Sangwell from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:Steam Railroading Institute Pere Marquette 1225 (10).jpg — Oaktree b, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:Series-N700S-J2.jpg — MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:KTX-I in Busan Station (15618537248).jpg — Doug Letterman from Oakland, CA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:Fourgon 1270 « Orient Express » CIWL - Longueville.jpg — Projet 154, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:LB&SCR E2 class No. 109 later 2109.jpg — , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:Sierra No. 3 in roundhouse.jpg — Cullen328, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:BNSF 1863 (SD40-2) (38481781700).jpg — Tyler Silvest, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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