Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

High Speed Rail & SHINKANSEN

Kozo FUJITARailway Bureau, MLIT

April 30, 2015

1. Why High Speed Rail (HSR) is preferred

2. Japan’s experience in HSR project

3. HSR era has come to California

Topics

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1. Why HSR is preferred?

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Automobile

Bus

Airplane

High Speed Rail (HSR)

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How safe is HSR?

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0fatalities50 years

12fatalitiesper dayin Japan in 20131964→2014

for

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(Best practice of safety management ~Seismic measures~)

Epicenter

[Early Earthquake Detection System]

S wave

P wave

Coastline Seismometer

(2)Warning signal

(3)Cutting power

transmission

(1)Detect P wave

(4)Emergency brakes applied

[Actual functional flow at the time of Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011]

270km/h(168mph)

100km/h(63mph)

3sec

70sec

100sec

(3)Cutting power transmission(4)Emergency brakes applied

(5)Largest vibration

0m 200m 4000m 4400m 4

Comparison of CO2 EMISSIONS(g-CO2/person･km)

SOURCE: MLIT

102

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Actual Reduction of CO2 EMISSIONSIn case of Kyusyu Shinkansen (tonnage/day)

SOURCE: JRTT

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CO2 emission between Fukuoka (Hakata) and Kagoshima after the opening of the Phase-1 section

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1014

921

5671 TOTAL

Even though emissions from the rail sector increased due to increased Shinkansenpassenger traffic, emissions from planes decreased substantially and contributed to a total emission decrease of 15 tons/day.

Plane

Bus

Railway

Plane

Bus

Railway

▲15

Before opening

After opening

Legend:

Effect of modal shift

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How fast is HSR?

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200mph(320km/h)

150mph(240km/h)

65-75mph(105-120km/h)

Airplane

SHINKANSEN

Automobile/Bus

(Series E5)

560mph(900km/h)

Acela Express

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How comfortable and reliable is HSR?

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1,040mm

790mm

Comfortable ReliableComparison of seat pitch

in ordinary classNumber of

suspensions/delaysper day in Japan

0.25trains /day FY2013

180flights /day FY2013

Airplane

SHINKANSEN

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How many people can HSR accommodate?

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500 seats

731 seats(10 cars)※

50 seats

304 seats(8 cars including 2 loco & 1 cafe)

Airplane

SHINKANSEN

Automobile/Bus

(Series E5)

(B777-300)

※Maximum number of seats of E4 series ,which consists of 16 bi-level cars, is 1,634.

Acela Express

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High Speed Rail is …

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SAFE

FASTCOMFORTABLE&

RELIABLE

MASS TRANSPORTATION

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2. Japan’s experience in HSR project

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

We are well experienced in HSR project as the SHINKANSEN has 50 years’ history.

Examining Feasibility Construction Operation

Design Manufacturing Maintenance

Financing Education & Training Management

Projectstart

Constructionstart

Operationstart

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SHINKANSEN network

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Kagoshima-Chuo

TakasakiOkayama

Hakata

Niigata

Tokyo

OmiyaNagoya

Nagano

Shin-OsakaNagasaki

Kanazawa

Shin-Yatsushiro

Sanyo Shinkansen (554 km)

Tohoku Shinkansen(675 km)

Tokaido Shinkansen (515 km)

Joetsu Shinkansen (270 km)

Hokuriku Shinkansen (345 km)

Kyushu Shinkansen (257 km)

Hachinohe

Morioka

Sapporo

Shin-Hakodate

Shin-Aomori

Sendai

Tsuruga

Takeo-Onsen

Total length in operation :

2,630 km

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Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

(1) expand business opportunities

(2) activate consumption

(3) expand commutable area

HSR will :

HSR station will :(1) become a new transit hub

(2) have in-station retailing business

(3) become a new city center

3. HSR era has come to CaliforniaState of

California

Sacrament

San Francisco

Los Angels

San Diego

Anaheim

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