One of the most important modes of transport for any country is the railways. Covering hundreds of miles on land within hours, the railways have made traveling to other cities a child’s play. The affordable fares make it worthwhile to travel in the bullet trains that take you to a city many miles away before you can get bored of the traveling. The stream lines body and the shape of a bullet is what make it able to pierce through air friction and attain the high speed. But reaching such high speed is not at all safe if the train is not in 100% perfect condition. Even the smallest hole in the body can make it rip apart like paper.

A bullet train is not only hundred percent leak proof, but it is also ensured to be air tight so that there is no change of the outside force to do it any harm. Maintaining a bullet train is very costly because of all the other expenses needed to keep it running, keeping it air tight is another issue. The highly accurate and tested method which keeps the ships from drowning and better known as the hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing is also used on these trains.

The idea to build high speed trains was first introduced by the Japanese because of the mountainous terrain. Traveling through cars was not easy and the other trains were too slow. The Japanese businessmen and government started funding for their research in the bullet train which is better known as the Shinkansen. The name bullet train is an English translation of the Japanese word Dangan Ressha which was the initial nickname of the project. Today finally there are several trains operating in Japan which have made it possible for people who cannot afford to travel by air, reach their destinations equally fast without spending too much.

To maintain their standard and provide safety to the passengers traveling on their trains, the company has a strict schedule of testing tightness of hatch with ultrasound. The regular tests enable them to keep the trains travel at high speeds without any problem. Seeing the success of these trains in Japan, India and Japanese engineers are now working together to have a similar train operable in India. Since there is a huge need of the same train in India where poverty ratio is higher than any other country, people cannot afford to travel by air and it takes them even days to reach a far off destination.