Trends of High-Speed Rolling Stock in Europe and Japan.
| Accession number;99A0622530 |
| Title;Trends of High-Speed Rolling Stock in Europe and Japan. |
| Author;NAKAGAWA SHIGERU(East Japan Railw. Co.) ISHIZU KAZUMASA(Cent. Jpn Railw. Co.) MANO TATSUYA(West Jpn. Railw. Co.) ISHIKAWA TATSUAKI(Hitachi, Ltd.) KOGA TAKERU(Toshiba Corp.) |
Journal Title;Papers of Technical Meeting on Transportation and Electric Railway, IEE Japan
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Journal Code:S0865C
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VOL.TER-99;NO.28-40;PAGE.1-6(1999)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;TBL.6, REF.10 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;The 300km/h operation of railway was realized in Europe in 1989, and in Japan in 1997. Even for the operation at such a high speed, Europe still adopts the locomotive-hauled train system due to its historic background; in contrast, Japan uses the EMU(Electric Multiple Unit) train system. Nowadays, the developments aiming for the operation exceeding 300km/h have been conducted in some countries. Under such circumstances, technological progress has made the EMU train system more advantageous than the locomotive-hauled train system in terms of adhesion, braking performance, axle weight. In Europe, German Railway has decided to develop a new high speed EMU train (ICE3), and more countries are introducing tilting EMU trains. This paper describes trends of European high-speed rolling stock and discusses the economic circumstances surrounding European railways. (author abst.) |
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