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JR EAST DEVELOPS ADVANCED COMMUTER TRAIN

T Endo, 浩 野元

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To meet the needs of passengers in the 21st century, it is important for JR East to raise the level of services and performance in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The article describes the advanced commuter train (AC-Train) developed by JR East which is the prototype for a new generation of commuter and suburban trains to be introduced in the Tokyo area. The train provides some of the following advantages: reduction of construction and maintenance costs; improvement in reliability; increase in passenger accessibility and comfort; more environmentally friendly; modern features, such as advanced train control and train information service.

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To meet the needs of passengers in the 21st century, it is important for JR East to raise the level of services and performance in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The article describes the advanced commuter train (AC-Train) developed by JR East which is the prototype for a new generation of commuter and suburban trains to be introduced in the Tokyo area. The train provides some of the following advantages: reduction of construction and maintenance costs; improvement in reliability; increase in passenger accessibility and comfort; more environmentally friendly; modern features, such as advanced train control and train information service.

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To meet the needs of passengers in the 21st century, it is important for JR East to raise the level of services and performance in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The article describes the advanced commuter train (AC-Train) developed by JR East which is the prototype for a new generation of commuter and suburban trains to be introduced in the Tokyo area. The train provides some of the following advantages: reduction of construction and maintenance costs; improvement in reliability; increase in passenger accessibility and comfort; more environmentally friendly; modern features, such as advanced train control and train information service.

Key concepts: Train, Metropolitan area, Transport engineering, Service (business), Engineering, High speed train, Reliability (semiconductor), Passenger train

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