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Carlos Ghosn reportedly began his escape from Japan on a bullet train. Here's the history of the country's iconic high-speed railway.

Benjamin Zhang wrote an earlier version of this story.On its way to Osaka, the train zoomed past Mount Fuji. Four and a half hours later, the Shinkansen arrived at its destination.Getty/Kyodo News / Contributor

...and the extensive Shinkansen network — operated by Japan Railways — has reached the far corners of the country. The Shinkansen's record for reliability and safety is impeccable, and accidents are an extreme rarity.Instead of having a locomotive pull or push the train along engineers placed electric drive motors in each of the train's cars.Over the years, the Bullet Train has been popular with celebrities and dignitaries. Everyone from Arnold Schwarzenegger...Swedish King Carl XVI. Gustaf and Queen Silvia get into a Shinkansen bullet train at Tokyo station.

First Lady Rosalynn Carter and daughter Amy take a look at the engineer’s compartment in Japan’s futuristic 120 mile per hour “Bullet” train, Thursday, June 28, 1979...and astronaut/former Senator John Glenn chose to ride in the passenger compartment.Incredibly, the 0 Series remained in service from 1964 until 2008.AP...today's fastest bullet train, called the 'Hayabusa,' has a maximum operating speed of 199 mph.

 

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