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I feel the same way. Something about the mode of transport makes it so much more reassuring to me. Accidents even when they do happen seem to rarely impact passengers. Its usually things in the way of the train that meet unfortunate outcomes.

The Shinkansen has a perfect safety record and has been in operation for 53 years, carrying over 10 billion passengers. This is a train I could sleep on. It's probably safer than being in my house.

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Per wiki looks like just over 200 deaths involving Amtrak since 1971 - not including most grade crossing accidents and trespasser strikes.

This might be pedantic, but there have been fatalities closely involving the Shinkansen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen#Safety_record, though, no fatalities from derailments or other issues directly caused by the trains themselves.

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