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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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Witness History-20210703-16:35:00

Well, when i got a job at japan railways, it was sort of a dream come true because before that, i did not really have a job so once i started working there, i felt 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 testjourneys. 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. ....

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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 ....

Ofjapan Railways , Bullet Train Project , Bullet Train Line , Test Journeys , Tokaido Which , Wasn T , Test Drive , Tokaido Line Express ,

Witness History-20210704-09:33:00

At japan railways, it was sort of a dream come true because before that, 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 ....

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