AIMING AT HIGHER SPEEDS FOR SHINKANSEN.
2003; Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1342-7512
Autores Tópico(s)Transport and Economic Policies
ResumoJapan Railway & Transport Review 36 • September 2003 32 Copyright © 2003 EJRCF. All rights reserved. In this article, I would like to explain our strategy for increasing the speed of shinkansen in Japan. Then, I will discuss how our company has been tackling speed increases. Lastly, I will also give some details about future problems with increasing speed and the current status of our R&D. What is JR East’s current shinkansen network like? The network in 1987 was composed of the Tohoku and Joetsu shinkansen lines with a total track length of about 840 km. Subsequently, the network has been extended by the addition of the Yamagata and Akita minishinkansen followed by the Nagano
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