Shinkansen class 0
| Shinkansen class 0 | |
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 Class 0 at Odawara station, May 1989
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| Number: | 3,216 cars |
| Manufacturer: | Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Sharyo, Kinki Sharyo, Kisha Seizo, Hitachi, Tokyu Syaryo |
| Year of construction (s): | 1964-1986 |
| Retirement: | 2008 |
| Axis formula : | Bo'Bo ' for every single car |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length: | 400.3 m (depending on the number of coupled cars) |
| Height: | 3,975 mm |
| Width: | 3,380 mm |
| Bogie axle base: | 2,500 mm |
| Empty mass: | 970 t (depending on the number of coupled wagons) |
| Top speed: | 220 km / h |
| Continuous output : | depending on the number of coupled wagons |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 910 mm |
| Power system : | 25 kV 60 Hz ~ |
| Power transmission: | Overhead line |
| Number of traction motors: | depending on the number of coupled wagons |
| Train brake: | Resistance brake (disc brake) Eddy current brake |
| Train control : | ATC-1 |
| Seats: | 368–1,323 (depending on the number of coupled wagons) |
| Floor height: | 1,300 mm |
| Classes : | normal (2nd class), Green Class (1st class) |
The Shinkansen Class 0 ( Japanese 新 幹線 0 系 電車 , Shinkansen 0-kei densha ) were the first multiple units to be built to operate on Japan's new high-speed lines . Due to the large advertising campaign in the early days of Shinkansen traffic, the design of the trains became known far beyond Japan.
history
The series 0, which was later given this designation to distinguish it from other series, took up service in 1964 with the opening of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen . The trains were painted white with a blue ribbon of windows and a blue ribbon on the underframe, which also encompassed the head area of the train with the rail clearer .
With a maximum operating speed of 220 km / h, they were the fastest railway vehicles in the world at the time of their introduction and became a symbol of Japan's economic revival . The class 0 trains were manufactured between 1963 and 1986.
Unlike previous Japanese railways, the Shinkansen routes are built in standard gauge (track width 1435 mm). The lines are electrified with single-phase alternating current 25 kV . The overhead line of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen is supplied with an industrial frequency of 60 Hertz . The vehicles of the series 0 were designed exclusively for this power supply. Each axis was driven by a shaft current motor with an output of 185 kW . A train of 14 cars offered over 1370 seats.
After test drives between 1962 and 1964 with two Shinkansen prototype trains of the 1000 series (set A with two cars and set B with four cars), the third prototype train (set C) was produced as a prototype of the 0 series. This set had six cars: a dining car, a 1st class coaches and four coaches of the second class . After the opening of the Tokaido Shinkansen, this train was used commercially as class 0 with 12 cars. The Class 0 trains were built between 1964 and 1986, a total of 3,216 cars with 38 series. In 1976 the maximum number of cars reached 2,338 with 99 trains for the Hikari connection, 47 trains for the Kodama connection and 2 cars as a reserve.
From 1964 to 1971, the 0 series ran in a train combination of twelve cars: two bistro cars, two 1st class cars and eight 2nd class cars. In 1969, however, trains with 16 cars were also used. The sets for the Hikari connection of the H, HN and N variants had two 1st class cars, a buffet car, a dining car and twelve 2nd class cars. The K-variant sets for the Kodama connection had a 1st class car, one or two buffet cars and thirteen or fourteen 2nd class cars. In the years from 1985 to 2008, the train units with six or even four cars were used on less frequented routes of the San'yō Shinkansen. In the years from 1988 to 2001, some sets with twelve cars for San'yō Shinkansen had a cinema car . These trains were called West Hikari and were replaced by Hikari Railstar with the 700 series from 2000.
Since the loads to which a Shinkansen is exposed in normal operation are very high, the service life of a train unit is 15 years; A service life of 30 years is common for trains. Most vehicles are actually taken out of service after 15 years, so that in the end only a few remained in active use. The last remaining series 0 trains operated as a Kodama connection on the San'yō Shinkansen of the JR West and on the Shin-Osaka - Hakata route . Outside Japan, a headboard of the series is in the National Railway Museum in York . It was donated to the museum in 2001 by JR West.
On the occasion of the final decommissioning of the 0 series in 2008, the trains still in service of the JR West - like those originally used on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen - were painted in white and blue. On November 30, 2008, the series 0 was used for the last time on schedule, on December 14, 2008 the last trip took place. A train was transferred to the Saitama Railway Museum in August 2008 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h 高速 鉄 道 物語 - そ の 技術 を 追 う - (Tale of high-speed traffic). Seizandō Syoten, Japan 1999, ISBN 4-425-92321-9 , p. 29.
- ↑ a b Message: Pioneering high-speed train bows out in Japan . In: International Railway Journal , Volume 49, Issue 2, February 2009, p. 9
- ↑ Moshe Givoni: Development and Impact of the Modern High Speed Train: A Review . In: Transport Reviews . 26, No. 5, Jahr, ISSN 0144-1647 , pp. 593-611
- ↑ a b c d 復 刻 増 補 版 新 幹線 0 系 電車 (Shinkansen series 0 extended edition). Ikaros-Verlag, Japan 2008, ISBN 978-4-86320-123-1 , pp. 26-106.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
