E5 series Shinkansen bullet trains are part of a new generation Japanese high speed train (also called Hayabusa) which was put into commercial operation in March 2011. The train is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The high speed train runs on Tohoku Shinkansen, a Japanese hi...
Even ordinary class seat is better than previous series. The seat pitch is 1040mm. This is a standard of Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen. But 980mm is a standard on other Tohoku Shinkansen trains. The seat configuration is 2+3. It is same as other Shinkansen trains. But the seat width of...
This paper presents the strength analysis of body structure for Shinkansen and stainless steel commuter trains corresponding to high-speed operation. Body structure material for Shinkansen trains shifted from early steel to recent light-weight Al alloy. For body structure of 500 series trains for Shink...
This article starts out by introducing environmentally friendliness of the Shinkansen trains in terms of low energy consumption by means of traction system change, and then proceeds to describe the recent technological innovations that have given birth to lightweight traction systems, such as the ...
The same thing is happening across the region. From the countless Go-Jek motorcycles in Jakarta, to the e-commerce giant Lazada Group in Southeast Asia, from the famous Shinkansen- high speed trains in Japan, to the newly launched Gig...