{"id":4149,"date":"2024-04-18T07:28:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T07:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2024-04-18T07:28:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T07:28:19","slug":"passenger-finds-snake-on-japanese-bullet-train-causing-rare-delay-on-high-speed-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=4149","title":{"rendered":"Passenger finds snake on Japanese bullet train, causing rare delay on high-speed service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Even small delays in Japan&#8217;s much-vaunted bullet trains are rare, and more unusual still are snakes on board holding up the speedy <span class=\"link\">&#8220;Shinkansen&#8221; service<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday evening, a passenger alerted security to a 16-inch serpent lurking on a train between Nagoya and Tokyo, resulting in a 17-minute hold-up.<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear whether the cold-blooded commuter was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers, a spokesman for\u00a0Central Japan Railway Company\u00a0told AFP<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Shinkansen customers can bring small dogs, cats and other animals, including pigeons on board &#8212; but not snakes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s difficult to imagine wild snakes somehow climbing onto the train at one of the stations. We have rules against bringing snakes into the Shinkansen,&#8221; the spokesman told AFP. &#8220;But we don&#8217;t check passengers&#8217; baggage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The train was originally scheduled to go on to Osaka, but the company decided to use a different train for the trip, causing a delay of about 17 minutes, he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Japan Tokyo Olympics \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2021\/05\/21\/f54776d7-cb4e-4ebb-beeb-fb00edda0c2a\/thumbnail\/620x413g8\/235c337e61c4915af856d6de947cdb88\/japan-bullet-train-shinkansen-ap21055167157042.jpg?v=55c0f85ebcd2b956528d9c6f5a7e8871 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2021\/05\/21\/f54776d7-cb4e-4ebb-beeb-fb00edda0c2a\/thumbnail\/1240x826g8\/510413fe542d3d609be2cf30cffae236\/japan-bullet-train-shinkansen-ap21055167157042.jpg?v=55c0f85ebcd2b956528d9c6f5a7e8871 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">A Shinkansen bullet train moves past a poster for the Paralympic Games, scheduled for the summer of 2021, in Tokyo, Feb. 24, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Koji Sasahara\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Patrols by uniformed security guards onboard bullet trains were scaled up after a fatal stabbing in 2018 on a shinkansen that shocked normally ultra-safe Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Additional security was added for the Summer Olympics in 2021 and Group of Seven meetings last year.<\/p>\n<p>First launched in 1964, the Shinkansen network has never suffered an accident resulting in any passenger fatalities or injuries, according to Japan Railways.<\/p>\n<p>The trains can travel up to 177 miles per hour, with an average delay of 0.2 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>This was not the first time a snake has been found on a bullet train. In 2016, a\u00a0<span class=\"link\">passenger spotted a python<\/span> curled around the armrest of another passenger&#8217;s seat on a Shinkansen train, forcing the train to make an unscheduled stop. No one was injured.<\/p>\n<p>Serpents have made unexpected appearances on trains in other parts of the world in recent months. 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