Development of a vehicle evacuation system to prevent submersion of JR East Shinkansen vehicles September 29, 4:22
Following last year's typhoon, the Hokuriku Shinkansen depot in Nagano City was flooded by the river and caused great damage, JR East is evacuating vehicles based on the expected rainfall in the river basin. I made a system.
On the 29th, we will verify the issues at the evacuation drill for Shinkansen vehicles in Nagano City.
In JR East, heavy rain caused by typhoon No. 19 in October last year caused the Hokuriku Shinkansen vehicle base in Nagano City to be flooded and flooded, causing 120 Shinkansen trains of 10 trains to be submerged and scrapped. received.
For this reason, JR East has developed a new system, "Vehicle Evacuation Judgment Support System," that predicts the rise in river water level from the expected rainfall in the river basin.
Until now, we have not set specific criteria for determining the evacuation of vehicles such as the Shinkansen, but with the new system, based on the forecast of precipitation in the basin for 39 hours ▼ Drivers for evacuation We have set "preparation standards" for gathering people and examining specific evacuation sites, and "alarm standards" for starting evacuation, and decided to make an early decision on evacuation.
JR East has decided to conduct an evacuation drill for Shinkansen vehicles in Nagano City on the 29th, and will verify the issues.