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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Our World 20210705 00:35:00

President ofjapan railways, mr sogo, started the bullet train project and i asked the company to move me to tokaido which was the bullet train line so i could be a driver. of course i remember the first time i saw it. ijust said, wow! and i got to drive it on one of the test journeys. i leaned forward towards the windscreen and i took the controls up to maximum, so 160 kilometres an hour. and on that test drive the train wasn t sealed properly so the window was making a noise. and then it was up to 200 kilometres an hour. there were five or six of us drivers in the cabin taking turns on the test drive and we were alljust saying to each other, this is amazing. the new tokaido line express has its route controlled and programmed by computer. it links the most heavily populated and industrialised areas ofjapan between tokyo and osaka. it cost £380 million to build, ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS Witness History 20240604 16:36:00

There were five or six of us drivers in the cabin taking turns on the test drive and we were alljust saying to each other, this is amazing. the new tokaido line express has its route controlled and programmed by computer. it links the most heavily populated and industrialised areas of japan between tokyo and osaka. it cost £380 million to build, and it s set a new standard in passenger comfort. translation: also as we were out driving, there were children waving | to us along the route and that really gave us an amazing feeling. you know, for regular trains, people do not come out to watch it go by or wave. so. i felt a lot of expectation from people. the arrival time is guaranteed. and if it is late for any reason, part of the fare is refunded as a matter of course. but the £380 million spent on the route is already helping to relieve overcrowded adjoining routes where the traffic is expected to double within the next ten years. translation: yes, ....

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Witness History-20210704-09:34:00

Other, this is amazing. the new tokaido line express has its route controlled and programmed by computer. it links the most heavily populated and industrialised areas ofjapan between tokyo and osaka. it cost £380 million to build, and it s set a new standard in passenger comfort. translation: also as we were out driving, there were children waving | to us along the route and that really gave us an amazing feeling. you know, for regular trains, people do not come out to watch it go by or wave. so. i felt a lot of expectation from people. the arrival time is guaranteed. and ig it is late for any reason, part of the fare is refunded as a matter of course. but the £380 million spent on the route is already helping to relieve overcrowded adjoining routes where the traffic is expected to double within the next ten years. translation: yes, i do feel proud of it. and the way that everyone in society has recognised our accomplishment. remembering the bullet train. ....

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Witness History-20210703-23:35:00

I did not really have a job so once i started working there, ifelt like it meant i could become part of society. after a few years, the president ofjapan railways, mr sogo, started the bullet train project and i asked the company to move me to tokaido which was the bullet train line so i could be a driver. of course i remember the first time i saw it. ijust said, wow! and i got to drive it on one of the test journeys. i leaned forward towards the windscreen and i took the controls up to maximum, so 160 kilometres an hour. and on that test drive the train wasn t sealed properly so the window was making a noise. and then it was up to 200 kilometres an hour. there were five or six of us drivers in the cabin taking turns on the test drive and we were alljust saying to each other, this is amazing. the new tokaido line express has its route controlled ....

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