Though Japan’s celebrated bullet train, scheduled to provide service from July, will travel no faster than the current bullet trains, is been catapulted to the headlines for a different and nobler cause – its environmental and a bit more comfort.

No, the new N700 model’s joint designers did not try to beat France’s TGV in speed, rather focused in improving its comfort levels as well as the environmental performance. It’s important, especially amidst the increasing concerns for soaring global warming and its considerable consequences.

According to a statement,

The substantial reduction in power consumpion and CO2 emissions contributes significantly to the effort to counter global warming.

Seeming to be honoring its stoppage at Kyoto — the namesake of the pioneering environmenal treaty – the bullet train will be using 19 per cent less electricity, compared to the earlier models.

Unlike the current models, the new bullet trains will lack the smoking sections, in spite, will have sealed, ventilated rooms for passengers to light up in.

The 260 billion yen (2.1 billion dollars) N700, can run at the maximum speed of 300 kilometers per hour (185 miles per hour).

To let you enjoy the pleasures of technology, the train will have an electric plug installed at every seat along with a jack to plug in headphones for listening to a music selection.

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