Development of the vehicle guide device after derailment for Shinkansen's track

Last updated on 27 November 2013 10:14
A Shinkansen train running at about 200km/h derailed due to the Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake in 2004, marking the first derailment ever of a Shinkansen train in service. In this derailment, however, every car of the train set stopped without large deviation from the track because the lead car life...
Author(s): Mizoguchi Atsushi;Sendai Makoto
Organisation(s): West Japan Railway Company ;
2013
Japan
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