Fastest Bullet Train Ever Unveiled

The new bullet train Type N700, which goes from Tokyo to Osaka in 2 hours and 25 minutes, was unveiled today at Shinagawa Station. That's five minutes faster than the previous record holder, and probably the fastest train in the whole world.

POP QUIZ:
Does anyone know how many miles it is from Tokyo to Osaka?

First person to find out, calculate the speed of this train, and leave it in the comments will get a prize from the Mango stash! (I'm just too lazy to do the math right now!) Don't forget to leave a source so I can fact-check you.

Comments

[Kit8930]

By my calculations, the N700 travels at approximately 104 MPH. I found a distance of 251 miles from Tokyo to Osaka on http://www.geobytes.com/CityDistanceTool.htm
and divided 251 by 145 (minutes) then multiplied the quotient (1.731) by 60 minutes, which equals 103.86 MPH.

[jinchin]

Tokyo Station to Shin-Osaka Station is 515km... around 320 miles.

[Kit8930]

In which case, it would be 132.4 MPH, which makes a bit more sense.

[jinchin]

lol. actually the N700 runs faster than that. max speed is 300km/h (186mph), its just that certain sections of the railway does not permits speed that high.

http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/n700-shinkansen/

[Joey_v]

I got 342 miles. :]
http://www.ofix.or.jp/travel/intro/Topography.html

[Thias]

I think the fastest train in commercial operation is currently the french TGV. It runs at 320 km/h (200 mph):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGV

A prototype train even reached 570 km/h this spring.

[vagrant]

The speed is cool and all, but don't miss out on the free WiFi access in the green car and the cheap seats too. They even have AC plugs for power.

http://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/news/2006/03/31/11463.html

[stuz]

http://www.h2.dion.ne.jp/~dajf/byunbyun/routes/tokaido.htm

Tokyo - Shin-Osaka 515 km
Shin-Osaka - Hakata 554 km