Due to the heavy snowfall in January, points on the tracks became stuck, and trains were stuck one after another. We have established a new policy to operate more flexibly.
On the night of January 24, due to heavy snowfall, railway points on the JR Kyoto Line and other lines were jammed, and 15 trains were stuck. The device was not operated because it was 8 cm, which was less than "10 cm in 6 hours".
In response to this, JR West decided to lower the target amount of snowfall for operating the equipment, and to establish new criteria such as temperature, considering that it took a long time to remove the snow that had accumulated at points. I was.
After reflecting these details in the manual, we would like to operate flexibly, taking into account things such as unexpected snowfall.
In addition, in light of the fact that passengers were trapped inside the train for a long period of time, if it is not possible to resume operation early, passengers should be unloaded in principle after a certain amount of time has passed even if the train is stopped on the track. It is a policy to
In addition, many of the snow-melting devices are "manual" that need to be installed before train operation, but in the future, we plan to switch to "electric" that can be operated remotely, mainly in urban areas. is.
JR West plans to summarize these measures in the near future and report them to the government.