ALFA-X, officially the Class E956, is a ten-car experimental Shinkansen high-speed train operated by the East Japan Railway Company, known as JR East, in Japan. It is capable of running at up to 400 kilometres per hour and exists to test technologies for future trains that would carry passengers at up to 360 kilometres per hour. The name stands for Advanced Labs for Frontline Activity in rail eXperimentation. It was unveiled on 9 May 2019 and test runs are made mainly on the Tohoku Shinkansen between Sendai and Shin-Aomori, and occasionally on the Hokkaido Shinkansen. Cars 1 to 6 were made by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and cars 7 to 10 by Hitachi. Its two end cars carry different nose profiles so that noise at very high speed can be compared.
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Cars 1–6 were manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, while cars 7–10 were manufactured by Hitachi.
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is a ten-car experimental Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan
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The train was unveiled on 9 May 2019.
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Cars 1-6 were manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, while cars 7-10 were manufactured by Hitachi.
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is a ten-car experimental Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan
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