Hitachi Transportation Systems
Hitachi Transportation Systems , as part of the Japanese conglomerate Hitachi, deals with the development and construction of rail vehicles , control and signal systems for railways and railroad- oriented software such as seat booking systems, passenger information systems and ticket machines.
history
Hitachi built its first steam locomotive in 1920 and its first electric locomotive in 1924 . With the delivery of 33 vehicles for the monorail system , which was built for the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 , Hitachi began developing rail vehicles for passenger transport. In the same year the company also supplied vehicles for the first new main line ( Shinkansen ) from Tokyo to New Osaka and the MARS seat reservation system . In 2015 Hitachi took over the Italian rail vehicle manufacturer AnsaldoBreda SpA. The successor company is called Hitachi Rail Italia.
Products
Hitachi builds multiple units both for the classic railways , which run on 1067 mm wide narrow gauge, and for the express trains of the Shinkansen system, which run on 1435 mm wide standard gauge . These include regional and local trains, some also on standard gauge, also with tilting technology .
After the Tōkyō Monorail , seven more monorails were created in Japan . Hitachi was also involved in construction and vehicle deliveries in other Asian countries, particularly in Alwegbahn systems , for example in Singapore and Chongqing, China .
The Series 3000 commuter trains in Fukuoka and Series 12-000 on the Ōedo line of the Tokyo subway run on standard-gauge rails but are driven by a linear motor.
Success in Europe
Hitachi Rail achieved its first success in Europe with the contract for the delivery of 20 high-speed regional trains of the British Class 395 , which have been running on the first British high-speed line CTRL (now renamed HS1) at 225 km / h and on branch lines in the County Kent with lateral bus bar at 160 km / h. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , these trains ran as a javelin (spear) between St Pancras and Stratford-International stations to transport athletes and spectators. The trains were operated by Southeastern , a subsidiary of Govia . This in turn is a joint venture of the British Go-Ahead Group and the French Keolis . The first of these trains landed in the port of Southampton on August 23, 2007 .
Hitachi Rail Europe supplies different versions of the AT300 for the Intercity Express Program (IEP) of the UK Department of Transport. This had determined the successor to the High Speed Train (HST), which ran on the main lines in Great Britain . Hitachi built a plant in Newton Aycliffe, northern England, for the final production of the trains , which went into operation in 2015.
Sources and footnotes
- ↑ Message on Hitachi's website ( memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
