03500nam a22005415i 4500 978-981-99-8890-7 DE-He213 20251030112922.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240830s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819988907 978-981-99-8890-7 10.1007/978-981-99-8890-7 doi TA1001-1280 HE331-380 TNH bicssc TEC009140 bisacsh TNH thema Yamanouchi, Shuichiro. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 83262 If there were no Shinkansen [electronic resource] : High-speed rail experience from its birth to today in Japan / by Shuichiro Yamanouchi. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XVI, 243 p. 64 illus., 43 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 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. 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." . Transportation engineering. 65686 Traffic engineering. 65687 Railroad engineering. 66309 Vehicles. 66337 Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering. 65691 Rail Vehicles. 66310 Vehicle Engineering. 66340 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819988891 Printed edition: 9789819988914 Printed edition: 9789819988921 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8890-7 ZDB-2-ENG ZDB-2-SXE 62898 62898