Yoshikazu Nishida
General Manager, Sydney
Central Japan Railway Company [Japan]
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Download The Latest AgendaConference Day One: Tuesday, 27th August 2019
Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
2:10 PM INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY: Expanding the Shinkansen Network at Central Japan Railway to Bring Safety and Comfort to Passengers: Learnings from Japan’s High Speed Rail
Japan launched the first class of their bullet trains in 1964 and over the past 50 or so years, has continuously updated models and technology advancements. The network now reaches almost 37 per cent of the country’s population through the high-speed rail alone and only continues to expand. With fast-rail and high-speed rail also on the agenda for Australia’s future rail networks, Yoshikazu will share the innovations and lessons learned from Japan’s high-speed rail without compromising the safety and comfort for daily passengers.
- Insights into the development of next generation shinkansen that will deliver highspeed performance, safety, comfort, low energy use and become environmentally friendly
- Tests to increase speeds to 500km/h from the current 200km/h through magnetic levitation technology (maglev) to slash travel time between major cities by half
- How high-speed rail fleet has worked closely with automatic train control technology, resulting in zero fatalities in the over 50 years of service