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1 High Speed System in Japan Toru MIYAUCHI SIAFI 2006, SPADs Team Senior Technical Advisor, UIC Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI), Japan 1/25
2 Japan Sapporo Land area 380 thousands km2 Population millions Population density 343 people/ km2 Tokyo Metropolitan Area Hiroshima Fukuoka Osaka Nagoya Sendai 2/25
3 Comparisons with other countries Population, million Population Density, people/km 2 3/25
4 Agenda Outline of Japan Railways (JR) History of Japan Railways JR Groups SHINKANSEN Network in JNR and JR Rolling stocks Speedup 4/25
5 History of Japanese Railways 1872 British railway engineers brought railway in Japan The first operation between Tokyo and Yokohama (29 km) 5/25
6 History of Railways in Japan 1881 Establishment of Nihon Tetsudo Kaisha, the first Japanese private railway company 1948 Japan National Railway (JNR) was founded by a public corporation Tokaido Shinkansen (Tokyo-Osaka) was opened with a standard gauge JNR was privatised into six JR passenger and JR freight companies. 6/25
7 Japanese Railways - JR Groups - Hokkaido Railway Company (HJR) East Japan Railway Company (EJR) Central Japan Railway Company (CJR) West Japan Railway Company (WJR) Shikoku Railway Company (SJR) JR Information System Japan Telecom Kyushu Railway Company (KJR) Japan Freight Railway Company (FJR) Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) 7/25
8 JR Passenger Companies Network (km) Staff (persons) Transport (K pers./day) Revenue (M Euros/day) HJR ,3 EJR ,7 CJR ,5 WJR ,9 SJR ,4 KJR ,1 Data: Fiscal Year of /25
9 Japanese Bullet Trains SHINKANSEN JR East JR Central and West JR Kyushu 9/25
10 High-speed Network in JNR SHIN-KAN- SEN New Track Line Series 0 (1964-) Max. Speed: 220km/h Total Shinkansen Network in JNR : 2.035,5 km Joetsu : 303,6km Tokaido : 552,6km Niigata Sapporo Sendai Fukushima Tohoku : 535,3km Morioka Okayama Osaka Takasaki Tokyo Hakata Series 100 (1985-) Sanyo: 644,0km Max. Speed: 220km/h Osaka-Okayama Series 200 (1982-) Okayama-Hakata Max. Speed: 240km/h 10/25
11 CJR WJR Tokaido Sanyo High-speed Network in JR Passengers: 800,000 per day as of 2005 EJR KJR Tohoku, Joetsu, Nagano Yamagata, Akita Kyusyu Total Shinkansen Network in JR : 2.387,1 km Akita Nagano : 117,4km, 260km/h Sanyo : 300km/h Yamagata Nagano Akita Shinjyo Niigata Takasaki Tokyo Sapporo Hachinohe Morioka Sendai Fukushima Tohoku : 96,6km, 275km/h Joetsu : 275km/h Hakata Osaka Kyushu : 137,6km, 260km/h Kagoshima Shin-Yatsushiro Tokaido : 270km/h 11/25
12 High-speed Network in JR Data: Fiscal Year of 2005 Railway Business Mile in Japan (km) 12/25
13 High-speed Network in JR Ridership of each SHINKANSEN in Japan, million/ year CJR 552.6km 664.0km 631.9km 303.6km 117.4km 137.6km Source: JR Central Data Book /25
14 Tokaido SHINKANSEN Connecting between Tokyo and Osaka through Nagoya & Kyoto Typical high speed operation in Japan Frequent operations are trains / hour with EMU of 16 cars from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. 400,000 passengers /day 2/3 of trains only stop at Nagoya, Kyoto & Osaka. 14/25
15 Tokaido and Sanyo SHINKANSEN (CJR and WJR) Series 300 (1992-) Max. Operation Speed: 270km/h Series 500 (1997-) Max. Operation Speed: 300km/h Series 700 (1999-) Max. Operation Speed: 285km/h Series 700 (2000-): Rail Star Max. Operation Speed: 285km/h Only Hakata to Shin-Osaka 15/25
16 Central Japan Railway Company 16/25
17 New SHINKANSEN (CJR and WJR) For speedup, ride comfort and environmental friendly Tilting System Digital ATC Semi-active damper Optimisation of nose head Hoods between cars Series N700 (July 2007-) Max. Operation Speed: 300km/h 17/25
18 SHINKANSEN in EJR Series E1 (1994-) Max. Speed: 240km/h Series E4 (1997-) Max. Speed: 240km/h Series E2 (1997-) Max. Speed: 275km/h Series 400 (1992-) Max. Speed:240km/h, 130km/h Series E3 (1997-) Max. Speed: 275km/h, 130km/h Series 200 (1999-) Max. Speed: 240km/h 18/25
19 Kyusyu SHINKANSEN (KJR) Open in 2011 Hakata Under construction for Shinkansen Conventional Line Shin-Yatsushiro Shinkansen Line Kagoshima Chuo Relay Tsubame (Limited Express) : Hakata-Shin Yatsushiro 1h35m Map of Kyushu The journey time between Hakata and Kagoshima Chuo will be shorten in 1h20m. Shinkansen Tsubame Max. Speed: 260km/h : Shin Yatsushiro-Kagoshima Chuo 35m 19/25
20 Shinkansen Maximum Speed Maximum Speed, km/h TGV 300X Star 21 ICE TGV WIN350 Series 300 Tohoku/ Joetsu Tokaido Test vehicles TGV 574.8km/h FASTECH Sanyo Kyusyu Year Privatisation 20/25
21 Fast (Development of SHINKANSEN) EJR WJR CJR Star21 WIN X E2 Series 500 Series /25
22 East Japan Railway Company 22/25
23 Fast (Development of SHINKANSEN)? FASTECH /25
24 Main References Website East Japan Railway Company (EJR): Central Japan Railway Company (CJR): West Japan Railway Company (WJR): Kyushu Railway Company (KJR): Book The SHINKANSEN (JAPAN S HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY SYSTEM) : Japan Overseas Rolling Stock Association (2004) 24/25
25 Thank you for your kind attention 25/25
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