JAPANESE DESIGNERS TRY DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO AUTOMATED METROS

With conventional rail and rubber-tyred metros well established though still developing, Japanese engineers have turned their attention to less conventional answers to the urban transport problem. Developments in airports and exhibition centres have brought forward several radically different designs for medium-capacity mass transit systems. Two commercially significant monorails have already been built, and now that generous financial incentives are available, work is starting on three more. Other designers have preferred vehicles using automotive technology for the three peoplemover lines in commercial operation.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

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• Publication Date: 1983-4

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 139
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated guideway transit; Elevated guideways; Monorail transportation; People movers; Technology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Switches
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00373682
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1983 12:00AM