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{{short description|High speed train type operated in Taiwan}}
{{Infobox train
| name = THSR 700T <div style="width:100%; height:8px; background:#{{rcr|Taiwan High Speed Rail}};"></div>
| image = THSR 700T TR17 20130907.jpg
| caption = A 700T train
| service = {{start date and age|2007|01|05}}–present
| manufacturer = [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company|Kawasaki Heavy Industries]], [[Hitachi Rail]], [[Nippon Sharyo]]<ref name="khi-open">{{cite journal|title=Take a Ride on the Taiwan High Speed Rail|journal=Scope|publisher=Kawasaki Heavy Industries|date=January 2007|url=http://www.khi.co.jp/scope/pdf_e/scope72.pdf|access-date=2010-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229135028/http://www.khi.co.jp/scope/pdf_e/scope72.pdf |archive-date=2009-12-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| family = [[Shinkansen]] ([[700 Series Shinkansen|700 Series]])
| numberbuilt = 408 vehicles (34 sets)
| formation = 12-car sets<br />Tc+M2+MP+M1+T+M1s+MP+M2+M1+MP+M2+Tc<ref name="UIC-700T"/>{{plainlist|
* Tc: driving trailer (end car without motor)
* T: trailer (intermediate car without motor)
* M: motor car
* MP: motor car with pantograph
}}
| capacity = 977{{plainlist|
* ''Business Car'' (1): 66 seats<ref name="thsrc-700t-seat-number-2024">{{cite web |title=Homepage > Travel Information > Services > Seat Map and Amenities |url=https://en.thsrc.com.tw/ArticleContent/b4e47490-61e4-4512-b65e-3ef772ec3621 |website=[[Taiwan High Speed Rail]] |access-date=24 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206102748/https://en.thsrc.com.tw/ArticleContent/b4e47490-61e4-4512-b65e-3ef772ec3621 |archive-date=6 December 2024}}</ref> (2+2, pitch: {{convert|1.12|m|in|1|abbr=on}})
* ''Standard Car'' (11): 911 seats<ref name="thsrc-700t-seat-number-2024" /> (2+3, pitch: {{convert|1.04|m|in|1|abbr=on}}) + 4 wheelchair accessible seats<ref name="thsrc-700t-seat-number-2024" />
}}
| operator = [[Taiwan High Speed Rail]]
| depots = Wurih, Zuoying<ref name="JRTR">{{cite journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613163935/http://www.jrtr.net/jrtr48/pdf/f40_Shi.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-13 |last=Shima |first=Takashi |url=http://www.jrtr.net/jrtr48/pdf/f40_Shi.pdf |title=Taiwan High Speed Rail |journal=Japan Railway & Transport Review |issue=48 |pages=40–46 |date=August 2007 |access-date=2011-01-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| lines = Nangang-Zuoying
| carbody = Aluminium<ref name="thsrc-700T"/>
| trainlength = {{convert|304|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="thsrc-700T">{{cite web |url=http://www.700t.com.tw/700t_profile.html |title=700T Profile 高鐵列車 |publisher=THSRC, WingMax International |access-date=2010-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505132620/http://www.700t.com.tw/700t_profile.html |archive-date=2011-05-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| carlength = {{plainlist|
* '''End cars:'''
* {{convert|27.0|m|ftin|frac=16|abbr=on}}<ref name="JRTR"/>
* <small>''Car body'': {{convert|26.75|m|ftin|frac=16|abbr=on}}<ref name="JRTR"/></small>
* '''Intermediate cars:'''
* {{convert|25.0|m|ftin|frac=16|abbr=on}}<ref name="JRTR"/>
* <small>''Car body'': {{convert|24.5|m|ftin|frac=16|abbr=on}}<ref name="JRTR"/></small>
*(''Transitions'': {{convert|50|cm|in|frac=16|abbr=on}})<ref name="JRTR"/>
}}
| width = {{convert|3.38|m|ftin|frac=16|abbr=on}}<ref name="khi-700T"/>
| height = {{convert|3.65|m|ftin|frac=16|abbr=on}}<ref name="khi-700T">{{cite web |url=http://www.khi.co.jp/rs/product/detail/pro_thsr700.html |script-title=ja:川崎重工 車両カンパニーホーム > 製品・サービス > 鉄道車両 > 台湾高鐵700T型電車 |trans-title=Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company Home > Products & Services > Rail vehicles > Taiwan High Speed Rail 700T train |language=ja |website=[[Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company|Kawasaki Heavy Industries]] |access-date=2010-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113102939/http://www.khi.co.jp/rs/product/detail/pro_thsr700.html |archive-date=2010-11-13 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br/>(without rooftop equipment)
| floorheight = {{convert|1.25|m|in|abbr=on}}
| platformheight = {{convert|1.25|m|in|abbr=on}}
| entrylevelorstep = 
| doors = 
| maxspeed = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
 |'''Service:'''
 |{{convert|300|km/h|mph|abbr=on|round=10}}<ref name="startofservices" />
 |'''Record:'''
 |{{convert|315|km/h|mph|abbr=on|round=5}}<ref name="TT_315test" />
}}
| weight = {{convert|503|t|abbr=on}}<ref name="thsrc-700T"/>
| axleload = max. {{convert|14|t|abbr=on}}
| acceleration = {{convert|2.0|km/h/s|m/s2|abbr=on}}<ref name="thsrc-700T"/> ({{convert|0|to|300|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} in 15 minutes)<ref name="khi-open"/>
| deceleration = {{indented plainlist|
* ''Service braking'': {{convert|0.34|m/s2|km/h/s|abbr=on}} ({{convert|300|km/h|disp=or|abbr=on}}) to {{convert|0.75|m/s2|km/h/s|abbr=on}} (below {{convert|70|km/h|disp=or|abbr=on}})<ref name="outlook"/>
* ''Emergency braking'': {{convert|1|m/s2|km/h/s|abbr=on}}<ref name="outlook"/> {{convert|300|to|0|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} in {{convert|3.78|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="outlook">{{cite web |url=http://140.113.119.114/seminar/97%E4%B8%8B/THSRC-0518.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703045702/http://140.113.119.114/seminar/97%E4%B8%8B/THSRC-0518.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-03 |script-title=zh:高鐵對台灣經濟發展的影響 |language=zh |year=2009 |publisher=THSRC |access-date=2010-12-08 }}</ref>
}}
| traction = [[Toshiba]] or [[Mitsubishi Electric]] [[Insulated-gate bipolar transistor|IGBT]]–[[Variable-frequency drive|C/I]]<ref name="SHS"/>
| traction motors = 36 × Toshiba {{convert|285|kW|abbr=on}} 3-phase AC induction motor
| poweroutput = {{convert|10.26|MW|abbr=on}}<ref name="thsrc-700T"/>
| aux = 
| hvac = 
| electricsystem = [[25 kV AC railway electrification#25 kV AC at 60 Hz|25 kV 60 Hz AC]] (nominal) from [[overhead line|overhead catenary]]
| powersupply = 
| collectionmethod = T-shaped [[pantograph (transport)|pantograph]]<ref name="SHS"/>
| uicclass = 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′
| bogies = bolsterless
| wheelbase = {{convert|2.5|m|in|1|abbr=on}}<ref name="thsrc-700T"/>
| wheeldiameter = {{convert|860|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| brakes = ''power cars'': [[Dynamic braking#Regenerative braking|regenerative]]<br />''trailers'': [[Eddy current brake|eddy current]]
| safety = [[D-ATC]]<ref name="thsrc-700T"/>
| coupling = 
| multipleworking = 
| gauge = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
}}

The '''THSR 700T ''' ({{lang-zh|t=台灣高鐵700T型電聯車}}) is the high-speed [[electric multiple unit]] trainset derived from the [[Japan]]ese [[Shinkansen]] family for [[Taiwan High Speed Rail]] (THSR), Taiwan's high-speed rail line. The THSR 700T is based primarily on the [[700 Series Shinkansen|700 Series EMU]] that currently operates on the [[San'yō Shinkansen]] line and previously on the [[Tokaido Shinkansen]] line in Japan, with the "T" referring to Taiwan. The trains were manufactured in Japan by [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company|Kawasaki Heavy Industries]], [[Nippon Sharyo]], and [[Hitachi]], Ltd., marking the first time Japanese Shinkansen trains have been exported overseas. 30 trains were delivered to THSR operator Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC), and are in regular service with a top speed of {{convert|300|km/h|mph|0|}} since the line's opening on January 5, 2007.

== History ==
Taiwan's Bureau of High Speed Rail (BOHSR) started to tender THSR as a [[build-operate-transfer]] (BOT) scheme in October 1996.<ref name="JRTR"/>  The two competitors were the Taiwan High Speed Rail Consortium (THSRC) and the Chunghwa High Speed Rail Consortium (CHSRC). THSRC's bid was based on the high-speed technology platform of [[Eurotrain]], a joint venture of [[Alstom|GEC-Alsthom]], the main maker of the French [[TGV]], and [[Siemens]], the main maker of the German [[Intercity-Express|ICE]]. CHSRC's bid was based on Japanese [[Shinkansen]] technology supplied by Taiwan Shinkansen Consortium (TSC), a joint venture of Japanese companies.<ref name="TJ_prefbid">{{cite web |url=http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/site/tj/ct.asp?xItem=15711&CtNode=122 |title=1997--THE YEAR THAT WAS--1997 |date=1997-10-03 |publisher=[[Taiwan Journal]] |access-date=2010-10-09 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  THSRC was named preferred bidder in September 1997,<ref name="TJ_prefbid"/> then, after being reconstituted as the Taiwan High Speed Rail ''Corporation'' (THSRC),<ref name="THSRC_abstock">{{cite web |url=http://www.thsrc.com.tw/en/about/ab_stock.asp |title=Stock Information |publisher=THSRC |access-date=2010-10-06}}</ref> it signed the BOT agreement with BOHSR on July 23, 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/taiwan-hsr-deal-signed.html |title=Taiwan HSR deal signed |date=1998-09-01 |publisher=Railway Gazette International |access-date=2010-10-09 |archive-date=2011-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615164017/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/taiwan-hsr-deal-signed.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Following an offer from the Japanese government to provide cheap loans to THSRC if it switches to Shinkansen technology,<ref name="ABN_ShinkansenHopes">{{cite journal |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDP/is_/ai_54962246?tag=untagged |title=Rays of hope for Shinkansen bullet train in Taiwan? |date=1999-06-07 |journal=Asian Economic News |access-date=2009-01-28}}</ref> in spite of an earlier agreement with Eurotrain, THSRC decided to re-tender the core systems technology contract June 1999.<ref name="RGI_re-core">{{cite web |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/eurotrain-fights-back-in-taiwan-tussle.html |title=Eurotrain fights back in Taiwan tussle |date=2000-02-01 |publisher=[[Railway Gazette International]] |access-date=2010-10-09 |archive-date=2011-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615164351/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/eurotrain-fights-back-in-taiwan-tussle.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>  THSRC announced on December 28, 1999, that it would negotiate a final contract with TSC.<ref name="TT_TSCwon">{{cite web |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/1999/12/29/0000017470 |title=Japanese win bullet train deal |date=1999-12-29 |publisher=[[Taipei Times]] |access-date=2009-01-28}}</ref> The contract, which included the supply of rolling stock, was signed on December 12, 2000.<ref name="NEXI">{{cite web |url=http://nexi.go.jp/service/sv_m-tokusyu/sv_m_tokusyu_0305b.html |script-title=ja:台湾高速鉄道プロジェクト／日本連合受注経緯 |language=ja |date=May 2003 |publisher=Nippon Export and Investment Insurance |access-date=2010-10-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429185002/http://nexi.go.jp/service/sv_m-tokusyu/sv_m_tokusyu_0305b.html |archive-date=2008-04-29 }}</ref>  The controversial<ref name="TT_unprincipled">{{cite web |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2000/01/30/0000022103 |title=Editorial: THSRC agreement unprincipled |date=2000-01-30 |publisher=Taipei Times |access-date=2010-10-03}}</ref> award was challenged by Eurotrain in courts without success,<ref name="AG_award">{{cite web |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2000/06/17/0000040382 |title=Eurotrain appeal rejected, might go international |date=2000-06-17 |publisher=[[Taipei Times]] |access-date=2009-01-28}}</ref> but a later lawsuit for payment of damages was successful.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.analysisgroup.com/cases.aspx?id=212 |title=Eurotrain Consortium v. Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation |publisher=[[Analysis Group]] |access-date=2010-09-29 |archive-date=2011-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707140227/http://www.analysisgroup.com/cases.aspx?id=212 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

While TSC's original offer in CHSRC's 1997 bid for the BOT franchise was based on the [[500 Series Shinkansen]], its bid for THSRC's 1999 tender was based on the newer [[700 Series Shinkansen]].<ref name="TT_TSCwon"/> THSRC maintained its European specifications,<ref name="KN_JapEur">{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/BizTrend%3A+Taiwan+bullet+train+project+not+on+right+track.-a0126560783 |title=BizTrend: Taiwan bullet train project not on right track. |date=2004-12-22 |publisher=[[Kyodo News]] |access-date=2010-10-04}}</ref> so the trains had to be designed for and commissioned according to European specifications.<ref name="UIC-700T">{{cite web |url=http://www.uic.org/apps/presentation/ishizuka.pdf |title=Shinkansen Technology Exportation |date=2008-03-18 |publisher=[[International Union of Railways|UIC]] |access-date=2010-11-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007123214/http://www.uic.org/apps/presentation/ishizuka.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-07}}</ref>

On January 30, 2004, a roll-out ceremony was conducted at Kawasaki Heavy Industries' Hyogo Works.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.khi.co.jp/english/news/detail/ba0401_01.html |title=New High Speed 700T for Taiwan Unveiled at Rollout Ceremony |publisher=Kawasaki Heavy Industries |date=2004-01-30 |access-date=2010-11-28}}</ref>  The first train was shipped to Taiwan in May 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.khi.co.jp/english/news/detail/ba0405-3.html |title=First Shipment of Model 700T Train for Taiwan High Speed Rail |publisher=Kawasaki Heavy Industries |date=2004-05-19 |access-date=2010-11-28}}</ref>  Running tests started on the THSR high speed line on January 27, 2005, after four months of delays, on the Tainan–Kaohsiung section.<ref name="TT_first-test-run">{{cite web |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/01/28/2003221218 |title=Despite delays, high-speed rail begins test runs |date=2005-01-28 |publisher=Taipei Times |access-date=2010-10-03}}</ref>  During the tests, a national speed record of {{convert|315|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} was achieved on October 30, 2005.<ref name="TT_315test">{{cite web |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/11/07/2003279087 |title=Premier backs bullet train project during test ride |date=2005-11-07 |publisher=Taipei Times |access-date=2010-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808021122/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/11/07/2003279087 |archive-date=2020-08-08}}</ref>  All 30 trains were delivered to Taiwan by 2006.<ref name="JRTR"/>  Commercial operation of the 700T began on January 5, 2007, at a maximum operating speed of {{convert|300|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="startofservices">{{cite web |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/01/06/2003343562 |title=High speed rail commences operations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120072607/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/01/06/2003343562 |date=2007-01-06 |publisher=Taipei Times |access-date=2010-09-28 |archive-date=2023-11-20}}</ref>

In November 2008 THSRC announced that it was considering ordering an additional six to twelve trains from the Japanese makers for service starting in 2011, in order to cope with increased demand that was expected by that time.<ref name="TTextratrains">{{cite web |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/11/22/2003429230 |title=THSRC to increase runs, buy more new cars: Ou Chin-der |date=2008-11-22 |publisher=Taipei Times |access-date=2009-01-17}}</ref> In May 2012, an order was placed with [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries]] (structural and mechanical parts) and [[Toshiba]] (electrical and electromechanical parts) for four 12 car trains at an estimated cost of 19 billion Japanese yen.<ref>{{citation| url =http://www.steelguru.com/international_news/Kawasaki_Heavy_and_Toshiba_to_supply_48_bullet_train_cars_to_Taiwan/265577.html| title = Kawasaki Heavy and Toshiba to supply 48 bullet train cars to Taiwan| date = 26 May 2012| work = www.steelguru.com| access-date = 29 May 2012| archive-date = 20 July 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120720045951/http://www.steelguru.com/international_news/Kawasaki_Heavy_and_Toshiba_to_supply_48_bullet_train_cars_to_Taiwan/265577.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> The trains were delivered between December 2012 and 2015, with options for extra sets.<ref>{{citation| url = http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/taiwan-high-speed-rail-corp-orders-more-trains/archiv/2012/05.html| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130201062234/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/taiwan-high-speed-rail-corp-orders-more-trains/archiv/2012/05.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = February 1, 2013| title = Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp orders more trains| date = 28 May 2012| work = www.railwaygazette.com}}</ref>

== Technical details ==
The THSR 700T series is based on the 700 Series Shinkansen operated by [[Central Japan Railway Company|JR Central]] and [[West Japan Railway Company|JR West]] on the [[Tōkaidō Shinkansen]] and [[San'yō Shinkansen]] in Japan.<ref name="UIC-700T"/>  However, more powerful motors and [[eddy current brake]]s on trailers provide for a higher top speed.  Also for {{convert|300|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} operation, a number of features were derived from the [[500 Series Shinkansen]], such as the bogies, and the T-shaped and aerodynamically optimised pantographs for reduced noise emission<ref name="SHS">{{cite web |url=http://www.shs.edu.tw/works/essay/2008/03/2008033122260867.pdf |title=高速的化身──淺探台灣高鐵 700T 型列車 |language=zh |year=2008 |publisher=中學生網站 |access-date=2010-12-05 |archive-date=2010-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011190223/http://www.shs.edu.tw/works/essay/2008/03/2008033122260867.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> atop cars 4 and 9.<ref name="JRTR"/>  The [[Automatic Train Control#D-ATC|D-ATC]] (Digital Automatic Train Control) system was in turn derived from that of the [[800 Series Shinkansen]].<ref name="SHS"/>  Like the 700 Series Shinkansen, a 700T trainset is made of 4-car sub-sets, each with three motor cars and one trailer,<ref name="UIC-700T"/> albeit a full train is a 12-car set, rather than a 16-car, or 8-car set.

Due to the European safety requirements adapted by THSRC, the trains were equipped with a number of additional safety features compared to Shinkansen trains in Japan.<ref name="JRTR"/>  The ATC system was augmented with cruise control and station stopping control and was also made suitable for bi-directional operation, and there is a driver vigilance device.<ref name="JRTR"/>  Bogies were fitted with an instability detection system,<ref name="khi-700T"/> and pantographs with a system that automatically lowers the rear pantograph if it detects a failure of the leading pantograph.<ref name="JRTR"/>  The trains were built with shock absorbing elements for protection in low-speed collisions<ref name="khi-700T"/> and were equipped with a [[parking brake]].<ref name="JRTR"/>  For enhanced fire safety, fireproof and smokeproof materials were selected for the interior, which was configured with fire barriers,<ref name="khi-700T"/> and the trains were equipped with fire and smoke detectors<ref name="JRTR"/> and a battery supplied emergency ventilation system.<ref name="outlook"/>  Passenger doors can be operated from any car, not just from the driver's cab,<ref name="JRTR"/> and are equipped with an obstacle detection system that can abort the closing of the door.  In addition, the train is equipped with emergency escape windows, which can be broken with hammers for use as emergency exits.<ref name="JRTR"/> The pantograph can be operated by remote control.<ref name="JRTR"/>

Additional changes were made to the [[HVAC]] systems to account for Taiwan's warmer climates, such as higher strength and wear specifications of certain components, and a more powerful air conditioning system.<ref name="khi-700T"/> As with other Shinkansen types, both end cars are trailers and braking power is reduced on the end cars, to avoid slip on powered bogies.<ref name="UIC-700T"/>

[[File:THSR 700T Front view.jpg|thumb|left|Nose of a THSR 700T end car]]
Rather than using Japanese tunnel specifications, THSR tunnels used European specifications, with diameters larger than those in Japan.<ref name="JRTR"/>  The nose of the trains was aerodynamically optimised for the different tunnel cross-section,<ref name="UIC-700T"/> which allowed for a shorter,<ref name="khi-700T"/> {{convert|8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} long nose.<ref name="JRTR"/>  The shorter nose, and the lack of a sliding window and an extra door for the driver<ref name="JRTR"/> provided for more space for passengers.<ref name="SHS"/>

All cars feature single passenger rooms with 2+3 or 2+2 seating, as on the 700 Series Shinkansen.<ref name="JRTR"/>  Toilets were installed on odd numbered cars.<ref name="JRTR"/>  One end of car 7 features four wheelchair accessible seats, also provide for the fastening of wheelchairs, and there are two foldable wheelchairs.<ref name="khi-700T"/>  The toilet next to the handicapped area was built to be accessible by wheelchair, with automatic sliding doors, wider space to allow a wheelchair to turn around, and handrails.<ref name="SHS"/>  The train has no restaurant or bar,<ref name="JRTR"/> but was equipped with vending machines, while Business Car passengers also get seat service.<ref name="SHS"/>  Certain cars were equipped with on-board telephones, in anticipation of the construction of a base system.<ref name="SHS"/>

<gallery class="center">
Image:THSR train 17.jpg|Standard Car interior
Image:Taiwan HighSpeedRail Train Business Class Car.JPG|Business Car interior
Image:Taiwan HighSpeedRail Train Disable-Friendly Seats.JPG|Handicapped seating
</gallery>

The per capita energy consumption of a fully loaded 700T train is 16% of private cars and half of buses, [[carbon dioxide]] emissions are 11% and a fourth, respectively.<ref name="JRTR"/>

== Operation ==

As of May 2025, the THSR 700T trains ran without a serious accident.<ref name="outlook"/> During the [[2010 Kaohsiung earthquake]] on March 4, 2010, the wheels of one bogie of a train came off the rails during emergency braking, but there were no injuries and the train arrived at the next station after one hour of repairs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=95376&CtNode=436 |title=Large earthquake shakes southern Taiwan |date=2010-03-04 |publisher=[[Taiwan Journal|Taiwan Today]] |access-date=2011-01-14}}</ref>

In November 2010, following complaints when waiting lines formed at the toilets, THSRC changed the gender assignment of the toilets in the 700T trains.<ref name="female-toilets">{{cite press release |url=http://www.thsrc.com.tw/tc/about/ab_news_detail.asp?type=1&PKey={B547E940-B973-4EAB-8C97-88EFD63E2BAF} |title=高鐵列車「女性專用」廁間全面上路 |language=zh |date=2010-11-22 |publisher=THSRC |access-date=2010-12-09}}</ref>  In the original configuration, in each car with toilets, there was a men's toilet with [[Urinal (restroom)|urinal]] and two unisex toilets; one of the latter was reassigned as women's toilet.<ref name="female-toilets"/>

== Train simulator ==

A THSR 700T [[train simulator]], known as ''[[Railfan: Taiwan High Speed Rail]]'', was developed jointly by Taiwan-based company [[Actainment]] and Japanese company [[Ongakukan]] in 2007, based on the latter's [[Train Simulator (Ongakukan)|Train Simulator series]].<ref name="rthsr-ann">{{cite web |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2007/04/20/2003357492 |title=Sony announces first Taiwanese game for popular PS3 console |date=2007-04-20 |publisher=Taipei Times |access-date=2010-12-08}}</ref>  The software was released on the [[PlayStation 3]] system in Asia (Hong Kong, Taiwan, & Singapore)<ref name="rthsr-ann"/> on July 12, 2007,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gnn.gamer.com.tw/9/27159.html |title=《Railfan 台灣高鐵》7 月 12 日發車 體驗 300 公里飆「車」快感 |language=zh |date=2007-07-03 |publisher=Game News Network |access-date=2010-12-08}}</ref> and in Japan on November 1, 2007.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.ongakukan.info/pdf/PS3_Railfan_thsr.pdf |title=PS3 専用ソフト「Railfan 台湾高鉄」発売のお知らせ |language=ja |date=September 2007 |publisher=Ongakukan |access-date=2010-12-08}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of high speed trains]]

== References ==

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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Taiwan High Speed 700T trains}}
{{Commons category|Taiwan High Speed 700T coaches}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141005090600/http://www5.thsrc.com.tw/en/ Official Taiwan High Speed Rail ]

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[[Category:High-speed trains of Taiwan]]
[[Category:Hitachi multiple units]]
[[Category:25 kV AC multiple units]]
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[[Category:Nippon Sharyo multiple units]]
[[Category:Kawasaki multiple units]]
[[Category:Electric multiple units of Taiwan]]