Acceleration Mitsubishi Heavy, Japan vehicle tag superconducting linear, into new markets

 The use of new vehicle sales specification "L0 system". The responsible for the development it's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Nipponsharyoseizo of JR Tokai system. Such as Hitachi is known in the Shinkansen, but superconducting linear hone technology Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Nippon vehicle with his tag. Is it to create a new linear market.

"Whether the floating".
Time the monitor display in the car is greater than 140 kilometers per hour, I switched to traveling by superconducting levitation from the travel of a rubber tire. Realize you are floating because of the unexpectedly vibration is not much, but it reaches the 500 km in about 3 minutes from the departure continues to accelerate powerfully. It is a feeling rather than smooth the "working hard", but the car is quiet enough not to feel the speed of 1.8 times the Tokaido Shinkansen.

"It's epoch leave footprints that should be commemorated in transportation technology history of the world." The 29th, Yamanashi Maglev Test Center in Yamanashi Tsuru. Kasai Noriyuki chairman of JR Central, loaded with force term in the departure ceremony of the test run full-scale using a test line that was stretched to 42.8 km.

Linear central Shinkansen Tokyo in '27 - aim the full opening of Osaka between - between Tokyo Nagoya, in '45. 40 minutes from Nagoya to Tokyo's super express "three major metropolitan areas will be commuting area in a certain sense" of (Akihiro Ota Transport Minister) dream 67 minutes to Osaka.

Test run a full-fledged resumed in 29 days, turn on the system L0 vehicle operating specification to test line that was stretched to 2.3 times in the past. Repeat traveling at 500 kilometers per hour, to examine all over and impact on the surrounding environment and confirm the durability of the machinery and equipment and vehicle tunnel, such as line. It is expected to carry out the test ride of the general public also directed to next year.

■ 9 trillion yen total cost

JR Central announced the location of the station and a detailed route this fall. Starting from next year the main construction of the section with the exception of the test line in Yamanashi Prefecture, was built in advance. Total cost is the largest ever as a project of the private sector and 9 trillion yen strength.

Was developed by L0 system on the initiative under the JR Tokai It's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Nippon vehicle. Japan vehicle is preceded by a magnetic levitated linear development. There is a track record at home and abroad, such as new transportation system is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the manufacturing of high-speed vehicle in Japan was the first time.