RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY IN JAPAN: CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES.
2003; Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1342-7512
Autores Tópico(s)Transport and Economic Policies
Resumo1825: World’s first passenger railway opened in Great Britain 1850: Commodore Matthew Perry demonstrated working model steam locomotive in Japan 1872: Japan’s first railway opened 1893: First steam locomotive built in Japan (Class 860) 1895: Japan’s first electric tramway opened 1906: Railway Nationalization Law passed 1927: Japan’s first subway opened 1949: Japanese National Railways (JNR) established 1954: Centralized Train Control (CTC) system first adopted in Japan (Keihin Electric Express Railway) 1957: Hokuriku main line electrified (AC) 1958: Kodama limited express started EMU services between Tokyo and Osaka 1960: Computerized seat reservation system started 1964: Tokaido Shinkansen opened 1972: San’yo Shinkansen opened 1982: Tohoku and Joetsu Shinkansen opened 1987: JNR divided and privatized 1988: Seikan Tunnel opened under Seikan Strait between Honshu and Hokkaido; Seto Ohashi road and railway bridges opened between Honshu and Shikoku 1992: Yamagata Shinkansen opened 1997: Akita Shinkansen opened; 300 km/h shinkansen services started; Nagano Shinkansen opened 1999: Maglev test train recorded 552 km/h speed Figure 2 Improvement of Fastest Train’s Scheduled Speed, 1930–2003
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