Series E2 No. 1000 or over Shinkansen (Bullet Train) "Hayate" made its debut in December, 1998 in 10 car configuration when the Shinkansen station, Hachinohe, was opened. It is a revised version of E2 No. 0 or over, which was operated on Nagano, Joetsu and Tohoku Shinkansen lines. Each window was expanded over two rows of seat inside, the red line was changed into pink and a symbol marks of swallow and apple were painted on the body. Currently it runs at the highest speed of 275 km/h between Tokyo and Hachinohe in the northern part of Japan.
The "Kato" scale model is equipped with a coupler which can connect another Shinkansen train just like it is practiced in the real trains.

This year 2022 marks the 150th year since the opening of Japanese railroads in 1872. In celebration, a train of E2 1000s Shinkansen was painted back to the color scheme of series 200 at the time of Tohoku Shinkansen's inauguration and put into the regular operation in June, 2022. The accurate representation of the former livery is now in the spotlight so much that even a memorial train in the configuration was operated in addition to the regular operation.

 

Composition of Trains