Railway Systems that Respond to Diverse Needs?Aiming for Safe and Convenient Public Transport with Low Environmental Impact

Preface

Railway Systems that Respond to Diverse Needs

Kazuhiro Kurihara

Featured Articles

Versatile, Environmentally-friendly, and Comfortable Railway Systems

Yasushi Yokosuka / Takenori Wajima / Sumiyuki Okazaki / Tatsuo Horiba, Dr. Eng. / Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Dr. Eng. / Osamu Suzuki, Dr. Eng.

Environmentally Friendly Railway-car Technology

Katsutoshi Horihata / Hirofumi Sakamoto / Hideo Kitabayashi / Akihiro Ishikawa

Practical Application of a Hybrid Drive System for Reducing Environmental Load

Kazuo Tokuyama / Motomi Shimada / Kiyoshi Terasawa / Takashi Kaneko

Energy Storage for Traction Power Supply Systems

Hirotaka Takahashi / Tetsuya Kato / Tomomichi Ito / Fujio Gunji

Electrical Components and Air-conditioning Units for Low-environmental-impact Trains for Subway Systems in China

Fang Shaoxuan / Zhu Baoquan / Yoshio Ohtomo / Toyoki Asada / Hirohisa Kimijima / Katsuhiko Fujii

SAINT Integrated Signaling System with High Reliability and Safety

Eiji Sasaki / Shinji Hondo / Tomohiro Ebuchi

Hitachi's ATI Series Satisfies All the Needs of Train-compartment Information Control

Shigenori Iwamura / Satoru Ito / Mikihiko Hata / Toshiki Sato

Improved Passenger Services for Local Existing Railways
— Uchibo Line Transportation Management System
(Operation Control and Passenger Services) —

Satoru Nagai / Kenichi Yamada / Satoshi Okada / Wataru Takahashi

Integrated Monorail Systems Extending Around the Globe

Hirotaka Tateya / Hisatoshi Yamamoto / Tomomi Inoue / Takayuki Tamotsu

Railway-vehicle Technologies for European Railways

Takeshi Kawasaki, Dr. Eng. / Takashi Yamaguchi, Dr. Eng. / Toshihiko Mochida

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