If there were no Shinkansen : High-speed rail experience from its birth to today in Japan / / by Shuichiro Yamanouchi

• Autore: Yamanouchi Shuichiro
• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2024.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 pages)
• Disciplina: 385.220952
• Soggetto topico: Transportation engineering; Traffic engineering; Railroad engineering; Vehicles; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering; Rail Vehicles; Vehicle Engineering
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: The Great Railroading Nation of Japan -- Trying for 200 Km/h -- The Curtain Goes Up on the Era of the Express Trains -- The Struggle of the Technicians -- Computers Appear on the Scene -- Safety and a Comfortable Ride -- Competition with Europe Over Speed -- Toward the World’s Best Railroad -- Privatization was a “Cultural Revolution” -- The Next Generation of Railroads.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is the first book written in English about the secret story of the birth of the Shinkansen in Japan and its subsequent developments. The author, Mr. Shuichiro Yamanouchi, a former chairman of East Japan Railway (JR East), addresses what the essence of Shinkansen technology is and how it could be achieved in such a short time. And the book, written based on his long experience in railway engineering and management, gives readers a bird's-eye view of the Japanese railway as a whole, and the technical philosophy of his great career behind it. In this book, its whole picture is clarified, that is, the world's first 200 km/h running, dealing with troubles after the opening, and development of the 300 km/h commercial operation after that, including the failure stories encountered in the process. These gave a big stimulation to the development of other high-speed railways, and this book helps readers to learn about the accumulated experiences of Japanese high-speed railways that have not been revealed so far, such as railway safety, noise against the environment, railway privatization, harmonization of management and engineering, and so forth." .
• Titolo autorizzato: If there were no Shinkansen
• ISBN: 981-9988-90-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910886098003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II