The trains will be replaced by specially equipped N700S Shinkansen. The first generation of Doctor Yellow trains went to work in 1964, the year that the Tokaido Shinkansen started operating.

When completed, the Linear Chuo Shinkansen will cover the 285.6 km ... the monorail was wrapped in the colors that were used when the line first opened.

The test involving the E7 series was a first for the railway operator. It was the 11th experiment involving a self-driving Shinkansen ... with JR East’s next-generation transport system ...