| Kazuo Kera | Transportation Systems Div., Power & Industrial Systems, |
| Toshihide Uchimura | Transportation Systems Div., Power & Industrial Systems, |
| Kenji Kimura | Transportation Systems Div., Power & Industrial Systems, |
| Masahiro Nagakura | Systems Engineering Div., |
Japan's railway utilization ratio is the highest in the world. Two main reasons why Japan's railway systems are patronized by so many people are that they are safe and punctual. Achieving safe and punctual railway systems, however, requires a wide range of technologies including those for rolling stock, signaling systems, traffic management, and power conversion as well as operation and maintenance technologies. As a total system integrator, Hitachi, Ltd. proposes a variety of solutions to integrate these technologies. Today's railway industry in Japan has various needs. In particular, it must find ways of dealing with environmental problems and the aging society, of easing urban traffic congestion, and of providing information services suitable for the Information Technology (IT) age. Hitachi proposes new solutions in response to these needs. These include "A-train" rolling stock having a recyclable modular structure, small-type monorail system featuring low-cost construction, traffic-management and signaling systems to make railway operations even safer and more reliable, and IT solutions to support new services as railway companies expand their business.
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The Hitachi Hyoron (Japanese Only) |
rolling stock, railway system, monorail system, traffic management system, signaling system
