Safety and Reliability
2020; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1556-5068
AutoresY Kumamoto, Nikhil Bugalia, KE Seetha Ram,
Tópico(s)Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency
ResumoThe East Japan Railway Company (JR East) is instrumental in providing efficient transportation services in the eastern part of Japan. When it comes to high-speed rail (HSR, or Shinkansen in Japanese), JR East operates a network spanning about 1,470 kilometers. At the maximum commercial speed of 320 kilometers per hour, the network’s 337–428 daily operating trains serve approximately 290,400 passengers per day. At peak times, Tokyo Station could be serving 15 trains per hour. Even after such a high-capacity utilization of the infrastructure, the average delay per train in the past 15 years has been about 36 seconds, with zero passenger fatalities or injuries. This chapter summarizes the practices of JR East for achieving the high standards of safety and reliability commonly associated with Japanese HSR.
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