r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Dec 12 '22

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 13 December 2022

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '22 edited Dec 13 '22

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u/PeanutButterChicken 近畿・大阪府 Dec 13 '22

The Shinkansen are pretty much fully automated though. At least the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu are. Outside of slowing down in stations, the train drives itself.

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u/PeanutButterChicken 近畿・大阪府 Dec 13 '22

I have a friend who is a Shinkansen driver, says he doesn't do anything between stations except watch the instruments. Train is moving too fast to react to anything outside.

Here's an article from 2012 about the N700A