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JR Hokkaido keeps ice and snow at bay

Last updated on 23 October 2014 2:59

Tilting trains were introduced by JR Hokkaido as part of a speed-up policy to compete with air travel. The tilting train, with a maximum tilt of 5 degrees, is able to run through a 600m radius curve at 120 km/h, which is 30 km/h faster than non-tilting rolling stock. Operating...

Author(s): Sugawara S

Organisation(s): Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation ;

2001

United States

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