A crimson red bullet train 'Super-Komachi' debuted in March 2013.
All non-smoking


A new Super-Komach shinkansen train at Tokyo Station:
Photograph was taken by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D. in March 2013.

In March 2013, the high-speed shinkansen train series-E6 made its debut as 'Super-Komachi', bound for Akita.
The distinctive face of the front car is a crimson red. To reduce noise when passing through tunnels, the lead
vehicle of the Series E6 features a nose 7 meters longer than that of the Series-E3 Komachi.
The height of the E6 is about 40 centimeters lower than that of the E3. In the operation between Tokyo
and Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, E6 cars will be connected with “Hayabusa” E5 cars of the Tohoku shinkansen-line.
Super-Komachi' E6 Shinkansen trains jointed with 'Hayabusa' will run at a maximum speed of 320 kms per hour
during the section of Tokyo and Morioka. This is one of the highest train speeds in the commercial railways,
the same as TGV in France. The JR-East railway company plans to increase its speed to 360 kms per hour by
2020. All Super-Komach shinkansen trains do not provide a smoking booth, and entirely smokefree.


The photos show a super-express train, Super-Komachi, at the plateform of Tokyo Station, bound for Akita.

Many excited rail fans are taking a picture of the new-style crimson red super-express train, Super-Komachi, at the platform.

The photos show a super-express train, Super-Komachi, at the plateform of Tokyo Station, bound for Akita.

(L) This is a joint segment of Super-Komachi and Hayabusa, photographed at Tokyo Station.
The top covers of jointed segment of train vehicles are automatically closed after a separation of both Super-Komachi
and Hayabusa at Morioka station.
(R) The stationmaster at Morioka station sees Super-Komach express train off, which is now leaving for Akita.

Interior of Super-Komach super-express train: The passage door is showing an ear of rice on the glass surface.
'Akita-Komachi' is a brand name of the rice produced in Akita.
All above pictures were taken in March 2013.

Interior of the vehicle and the railroad head-car of Super-Komach super-express train
The right photo was taken at Morioka station in October 2013.

The vehicles of 'Super-Komachi' was connected with the vehicles of 'Hayabusa' at Morioka Station.
This photo was taken in October 2013.

スーパーこまち
2013年3月に新登場した秋田新幹線のE6系の車体は、深紅のあかね色。普通車の座席は黄金色である。愛称は
「スーパーこまち」で、速度は従来のE3系の275キロから300キロへアップした。 2013年3月より「はやぶさ」
は最高時速、320キロで走行するので、「はやぶさ」に連結されている「スーパーこまち」は東京―盛岡間を
同じ速度で走る。これはフランスのTGVと並んで世界最速である。E6系は当初、3編成で東京−秋田間を
４往復する。ＪＲ東日本は2014年3月までに秋田新幹線全車両をE6系に置き換える予定である。超特急列車に
喫煙ブースは無く，全車完全禁煙となっている。



Shinkansen Hayabusa: Tokyo to Shin-Aomori Station
Shinkansen Super-Komach
Shinkansen Super-Komach and Hayabusa at Tokyo Station
Shinkansen Hayabusa: A train cabin attendant of GranClass at Shinkansen high-speed train;
This is a video-recording from Shin-Aomori bound for Tokyo.

Shinkansen, “Hayabusa”
Smoking ban in the railway trains of the world

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Railway Travel around the World 世界鉄道旅行
　　All railway trains should be completely smoke -free.
　鉄道全面禁煙化は世界の常識
Smoking ban in the railway trains of the world

Hayabusa High-Speed Train
Tokyo-Narita Express Train


Three major Japanese railway companies think that the smoking car and/or smoking-booth in a train are
the superb service to train passengers.
東海道・山陽新幹線列車・近鉄特急喫煙ルーム


秋田新幹線超特急 こまち

2031年3月執筆 及び写真撮影　医学博士　宮本順伯
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The article was written and photographs were taken in March 2013,
and the Information was added in June 2019, by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
Copyright (C) 2013 Junhaku Miyamoto, PhD. All right is reserved.

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