Linear Shinkansen improved test vehicle completed.March 25, 19:15
An improved test vehicle for the Linear Chuo Shinkansen was completed and released to the press on 25th in Kudamatsu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where the factory is located.
Published at the Kasado Plant of Hitachi, Ltd. in Kudamatsu City, is a new test leading vehicle that is an improved version of the current "L0 series" vehicle.
The length of the streamlined tip, which is 28 meters long and about 15 meters long, is more rounded. This will reduce air resistance and reduce power consumption and noise.
In addition, it supplies electricity for lighting and air conditioning inside the vehicle using the action of the magnetic force of the electromagnetic coil mounted on the vehicle body and the ground.
Motoaki Terai, General Manager of JR Tokai Linear Development Headquarters, said, “Hitachi has abundant experience in manufacturing high-speed rail vehicles, and we asked them to make them with the expectation that they could reduce costs. I want to improve the ride quality. "
From the end of May, JR Tokai has decided to conduct a running test on an experimental line in Yamanashi Prefecture in combination with an "L0" vehicle.