Development of the gauge change EMU train system in Japan.

Author(s)
Takao, K. & Uruga, K.
Year
Abstract

We have been developing a variable gauge system for through-operation between standard-gauge Shinkansen and narrow-gauge conventional sections since 1994. A Gauge Change Train (GCT), an experimental 3-motor-car electric multiple unit (EMU), was completed for test purposes in autumn 1998 to verify the basic efficiency of this system. It has been designed to run at a maximum speed of over 300 km/h on Shinkansen and 130 km/h on conventional lines under a catenary voltage of 20 kV, 25 kV (50/60 Hz) AC and 1.5 kV DC. It had already been for high-speed endurance evaluation at the Transportation Technology Center (T.T.C.I.) in Pueblo, U.S.A. from spring 1999 to spring 2001. We verified running stability at 130km/h, curving performance trials and AC-DC section running tests on JR conventional narrow gauge lines from 2001 to 2003. We will be implementing a high-speed performance test on Japanese Shinkansen line this year. For the covering abstract see ITRD E128680.

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C 36219 (In: C 36168 [electronic version only]) /91 / ITRD E128731
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In: Urban Transport X : urban transport and the environment in the 21st century : proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Urban Transport and The Environment in the 21st Century, Dresden, Germany, 2004, p. 521-530, 4 ref.

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