High-speed rails in Japan and Taiwan are based on the principle of "Crash Avoidance," consisting of dedicated high-speed passenger rail tracks with no level crossings and an ATC (Automatic Train Control) system. The Shinkansen also features a "total system approach" that integrates hardware and software in an optimal manner to achieve the world's highest level of safety and reliability in high-speed, high-volume, and high-frequency transportation. The features of the Shinkansen are an essential element for social transformation and development through high-speed rail, and the technology that supports the Shinkansen requires a high level of safety and reliability.
Today, we would like to share a message from Kyosan Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a regular member company of IHRA that contributes to the safe and stable transportation of Shinkansen passengers!
“The Shinkansen is an essential infrastructure for our daily lives as a high-speed, mass transit system, and signaling systems play a very important role in its operation to ensure a high level of safety and reliability. Kyosan has contributed to the safe and stable transportation of the Shinkansen by utilizing its railway signaling technology and experience cultivated since its establishment.
One of the principles of railway signaling technology is the concept of "fail-safe”. This is the concept that equipment and systems will always operate on the "safe" side in the event of a malfunction or accident and is the most important basic principle in signaling systems that control the safety of rail transportation. Shinkansen signaling systems are designed based on this principle, with ATC ground and onboard equipment playing a central role in achieving high-speed, mass transportation with a high level of safety and a comfortable ride.
Kyosan's railway signaling technology will always promote R&D and practical application of technology to realize "fail-safe" operation, play a part in the evolving Shinkansen system for safer, faster, higher-volume, and more comfortable operation, and provide systems that contribute to the creation of transportation culture.
The railway signaling technology cultivated on the Tokaido, Sanyo, and Kyushu Shinkansen lines has been utilized on the Taiwan High Speed Rail, the first overseas Shinkansen system, and has been operating safely and stably since its opening. In addition to flexibly responding to various needs such as the addition of new stations and O&M, we have also built up a track record in Shinkansen operation by handling field equipment dedicated to the Shinkansen, such as Point Machines and other equipment. Based on the technology and experience we have accumulated over the past 50 years; we will further advance our ability to save labor and space. We will also enhance our condition monitoring functions to reduce operating costs. Thus, we will play a part in the construction of a safe and sustainable Shinkansen railroad network that will be developed globally."
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The Shinkansen is supported by a large number of people involved in its safe daily operation.
We will continue to share IHRA regular member companies that support the Shinkansen from time to time.