Are there electrical plugs and/or wifi in Japanese shinkansen?
Do the Shinkansen trains have wifi? How about electrical plugs?
If it depends on the train, these are the ones I'll be taking:
- Hikari 546 (Hiroshima->Shin-Kobe)
- Hikari 470 (Shin-Kobe->Tokyo)
- Max Toki 329 (Tokyo<->Niigata)
I'd also accept as an answer an online resource where I can look all this up (I failed to find one on my own).
Best Answer
I can verify that the N700a trains have power sockets for the seats at the ends of the cars. Look at the bottom of the side wall under the window near your feet. Plugged in right now, actually :-)
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Is there WIFI on Shinkansen?
Shinkansen Free Wi-Fi is available on Tokaido, Sanyo, and Kyushu shinkansen trains featuring the Wi-Fi sticker inside the car. Please note that communication speed may be hindered or connectivity limited due to the device being used or the number of passengers connected.Does Shinkansen use electricity?
Electrical systemsShinkansen uses a 25 kV AC overhead power supply (20 kV AC on Mini-shinkansen lines), to overcome the limitations of the 1,500 V direct current used on the existing electrified narrow-gauge system. Power is distributed along the train's axles to reduce the heavy axle loads under single power cars.Do Japan trains have wifi?
TOKYO -- The Japan Railways group will provide free Wi-Fi service in nearly all shinkansen bullet trains and their stations by 2020, in time to accommodate overseas visitors attending that summer's Tokyo Olympics. Almost all of the country's 108 bullet train stations will have Wi-Fi service by this spring.Does Japan use same electrical outlet us?
Even though the US and Japan both use plugs and outlets of type A and B they actually are not entirely the same. One of the two pins on US plugs is wider whereas in Japan both pins are the same width. This means that Japanese plugs can be used in the US, but US plugs often don't fit in Japanese outlets.The Fastest train ever built | The complete physics of it
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Answer 2
The E5 and E6 series used in northern Japan (Tohoku Shinkansen; Komachi, Hayabusa, some Hayate) have a pair of 100V outlets for the front row of each car, and a single outlet beneath the window on the other rows on each side. Note that since the seats rotate, there are also two outlets behind the back row of each car, although they would be inconvenient to access.
Answer 3
For online resources, this Japanese page has a list. The train names might survive Google or other machine-translations.
Answer 4
Sitting on a Kodama now and can't find any unfortunately, for future reference.
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