THE MAGLEV BOGIE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE YAMANASHI TEST LINE

The first train set of a new Japan Railways (JR) Maglev vehicle was completed in the summer of 1995, and the Maglev system is now being assembled and prepared on the Yamanashi test line. The first train set of the vehicle was named MLX01. MLX01 consists of three car bodies and four bogies in the articulated bogie arrangement. The vehicle engineering and technology for the MLX01 were substantiated by developments and running tests on the Miyazaki test track. The results of these developments will be examined and confirmed by the running test starting form 1997 on the Yamanashi test line. In this paper, schematic introduction of the Maglev bogie system, and an outline of the bogie system on the Yamanashi test line and its developments are reported.