HIGH-SPEED RAILWAYS IN JAPAN

Review of the development of conventional railways in Japan, leading up to the Shinkansen line, which at present runs at speeds up to 210 km/h, and will in the future be speeded up to 260 km/h. Also examined is the development of a superconductive, magnetically levitated train, which will constitute the next generation of railways, running at speeds of up to 500 km/h.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Intl Cryog Eng Conf, 5th, Proc, Kyoto, Japan, May 7-10, 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Science and Technology Press Limited

  IPC House, 32 High Street
  Guildford, Surrey  England 
• Authors:
  • Kyotani, Y
• Conference:
  • Intl Cryog Eng Conf, 5th, Proc, Kyoto, Japan, May 7-10, 1974.
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 17-20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High speed rail; Magnetic levitation; Technology
• Identifier Terms: Shinkansen
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00130901
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: #A2 Proc Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 7 1976 12:00AM