Naoto YANASESenior Advisor High Speed, UICDeputy Director, Japan Railways Group Paris Office

High Speed System in Japan

Workshop High Speed RailwayWarsaw, 16 November 2011

Hokkaido Railway Company)

East Japan Railway Company

Central Japan Railway Company

West Japan Railway Company

Shikoku Railway Company

Kyushu Railway Company

Japan Freight Railway Company

Railway Technical Research Institute

JR Information System

Japan Telecom (now, Soft Bank Telecom)

6 passenger railway companies+

1 freight railway company+

Other companies

Conventional (1067mm)

86%

Mini-Shinkansen (Conventional)

(1435mm)1%

Shinkansen (1435mm)13%

Total 20,124km

Network length

Shinkansen operation: JR companies> Established as private companies and geographically separated from Japanese

National Railways.

> Passenger companies are infrastructure owners (integrated companies).

> All companies are independently administrated.

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> Shinkansen = ‘New trunk line’

> First high speed rail system in the world (47 years history)Tokaido Shinkansen opened in 1964 (maximum line speed was 210km/h) to

increase the capacity of the most congested Tokaido line

> System of high speed with concepts:• Dedicated high speed track with 1435mm standard track gauge

= independent from conventional lines, no level crossing• Distributed power rolling stock (EMU)• ATC in-cab signalling system• Centralized traffic control system

etc -> high speed operation with high safety

> Current maximum line speed: 240-300km/h

> Exceptional: Mini-Shinkansenupgraded lines from narrow gauge to standard gaugeoperable through high speed line to conventional lines

Series 0 (1964-2008)

Shinkansen

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Morioka

Sendai

Shinjo

NiigataFukushima

Tokyo

Shin-Osaka

Hakata

Akita

Nagano Shinkansen(1997)

Joetsu Shinkansen(1982)

Tohoku Shinkansen(1982, 85, 91, 02, 10)

Sanyo Shinkansen(1972, 75)

Tokaido Shinkansen(1964)

Takasaki

Kagoshima-Chuo

Kyushu Shinkansen(2004,11)

Akita Shinkansen(1997)

Yamagata Shinkansen (1992, 99)

Nagano

Yamagata

Okayama

Omiya

Shin-Aomori

Mini-Shinkansen

*Length: Business mile

Shinkansen NetworkLine

SectionLength

(km)Max.

Speed(Km/h)

Tokaido 552.6 270

Sanyo 644.0 300

Tohoku 713.7 300

Joetsu 303.6 240

Nagano 117.4 260

Kyushu 288.9 260

Sub Total 2620.2 　Akita 127.3 130

Yamagata 148.6 130

Sub Total 275.9 　Total 2896.1 　

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Around 900 thousands passengers per day on average (2010 fiscal year)

Passenger volume of high speed in the world in Passenger-km(2009)

World total: 221 Billion Passenger-km

76 Billion Passenger-km

Traffic Volume of Shinkansen

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Number of yearly passengers for Shinkansen

2010 Fiscal YearConventional line

Shinkansen line

Made from the data on JR East, JR Central, and JR West homepage.

Revenue of Shinkansen

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Tokyo-Aomori

Tokyo-Akita

Tokyo-Yamagata

Tokyo-Osaka

Tokyo-Okayama

Tokyo-Hiroshima

Tokyo-Fukuoka

Osaka-Fukuoka

Travel time by Rail (hours)

Rail

share

vs

air

pla

ne

Made from the data on JR East, JR Central, and JR West homepage.

Area – Area2010 fiscal year (Apr. – Mar.)(Time data is of Feb. 2011)

Tokyo-Nagoya

%

Shinkansen share vs Airplane

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> Safety No fatal accidents in 47 years

> Speed 300km/h (Sanyo, Tohoku)

> Punctualty 0.3 min/train (Tohoku)

> Frequency 15 trains/hour at maximum

> Environment Less energy consumption, Low noise,…

Data between 1999-2009

“Average delay time”: total “delay time” of all trains/ total train number, and the “delay time” is counted if it is larger than 1 minute.

Figures

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800N700-8000

100300500700, 700-7000N700, N700-7000

300700N700

200E1E2, E2-1000E3E3-1000, E3-2000E4E5

Total number of train sets: approx. 380

Total number of cars: approx. 4450

Variety of Shinkansen rolling stock>Variety of market: demand of each JR>Inauguration of new technologies

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Formation 8M2T

Max Speed 320km/h (Currently 300km/h)

Pass. Capacity 731

Train Weight 453t (loaded)

Train length 250m

Power system 25kV50HzVVVF Control (IGBT)Induction Motor

Signalling DS-ATC

• Noise absorber• Active suspension• Air suspension tilting• 15m aerodynamic nose for reduction of tunnel

micro pressure wave• 3 class service

> Series E5

Travel time reductionComfort

Latest rolling stock

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Infrastructure

Tunnel Bridge

Viaduct Earth Structure

(Hokuriku Shinkansen ) (Tohoku Shinkansen )

(Tohoku Shinkansen ) (Kyushu Shinkansen )

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Line name Tokaido Sanyo Tohoku Hokuriku

Section of line Tokyo - Shin-Osaka Okayama - Hakata Omiya - Morioka Takasaki - Nagano

Year opened 1964 1975 1982 1997

Maximum speed (km/h) initial/present 210/270 210/300 210/300 260/260

Track gauge (mm) 1435 1435 1435 1435

Permissible axle weight (t) 16 16 17 16

Dominant Track type Ballast Slab Slab Slab

Distance between centers of main tracks (m)

4.2 4.3 4.3 4.3

Minimum curve radius (m) 2500 4000 4000 4000

Maximum designed cant (mm) 200 200 180 200

Cross section area of tunnel (m2) 60.5 63.4 63.4 63.4

Maximum gradient (if needed) 1.5% (2%) 1.5% (2%) 1.2% (1.5%) 1.5% (3.5%)

Electrical power supply AC25KV 60Hz AC25KV 60Hz AC25KV 50Hz AC25KV 50/60Hz

Signal type ATC (Digital ) ATC ATC (Digital ) ATC

Infrastructure

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Seismometers along coastlineＮ

Signals to stop electric power supply after earthquake detection

SubstationsSeismometers along tracks

Substations(Seismometers)

Sections to cut electric power supply

Power supply line

Section

Substations(Seismometers)

Sections to cut electric power supply

Power supply line

Section

Seismometer

Example of JR East

Power outage activates emergency brake of the train within 2.58sec.

>Earthquake Earthquake observation system and early earthquake detection network

Preventive measures for natural event

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Water sprinklerHigh-pressure water jet for switches

Preventive measures for natural event

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>Measures against snow fall

Ballast screen installation to avoid ballast scattering by snow

fallen from trains

Morioka

Sendai

Shinjo

NiigataFukushima

Tokyo

Shin-Osaka

Hakata

Akita

Takasaki

Kagoshima-Chuo

Yamagata

Okayama

Omiya

Shin-Aomori

Nagano

Kanazawa

Sapporo

Hokuriku

Shin-Hakodate

Hokkaido

E6

2013 – 300km/h2014- 320km/hTokyo-Akita

2011.3 300km/h2013- 320km/hTokyo-Aomori: 3h20->3h10 -> approx. 3h05 (2013)

E5 “Hayabusa”

N700 ”Mizuho””Sakura”

2011.3 Kyushu (2nd phase)

5h02 -> 3h45

Osaka-Kagoshima

Future> Extension

> Speed-up

> Introduction of new rolling stock

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Thank you for your kind attention

Naoto YANASESenior Advisor High Speed, UICDeputy Director, JR Group Paris Office