Was pretty unimpressed with the Azuma myself. I’ve been lucky enough to ride the Shinkansen Tokyo to Kyoto so I know it’s just branding in the Azuma’s case but it does bug me that relatively crap british trains are trying to crib off the image of those that are much more ambitious and have been leading the way for high speed rail for decades now, that are much much faster, more reliable to time, and have absolutely masses of seating and legroom.
All british trains can do is make a japanese sounding name cos the UK is so bad at infrastructure it cannot do a proper HSR network
>Our Azuma trains were rolled out throughout 2019 across the East Coast mainline. Built using Japanese bullet train technology, they deliver smoother, quieter journeys and better value journeys.
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I love watching this kind of thing to de-stress.
Was pretty unimpressed with the Azuma myself. I’ve been lucky enough to ride the Shinkansen Tokyo to Kyoto so I know it’s just branding in the Azuma’s case but it does bug me that relatively crap british trains are trying to crib off the image of those that are much more ambitious and have been leading the way for high speed rail for decades now, that are much much faster, more reliable to time, and have absolutely masses of seating and legroom.
All british trains can do is make a japanese sounding name cos the UK is so bad at infrastructure it cannot do a proper HSR network
>Our Azuma trains were rolled out throughout 2019 across the East Coast mainline. Built using Japanese bullet train technology, they deliver smoother, quieter journeys and better value journeys.
bit crap really