The Chuo Shinkansen is a Japanese maglev line under construction between Tokyo and Osaka. On a central section of the line, construction has come to a standstill in 2020 for reasons of regional policy. This threatens the completion of the entire line. The article describes some of the interests triggering the underlying conflict. Some of the key points contained in the Japanese solution proposals are summarized. Overall, the opening of the high-speed maglev system is likely to be postponed by several years.
The article reviews the world experience in the construction and operation of high-speed railways in terms of factors that determine the success or failure of such projects. Since the construction of HSR is often considered as a part of national projects on a broader scale, it is proposed to use as criteria for success not only commercial indicators, but also various socio-economic effects arising from their implementation. The author classifies externalities that reflect the impact of HSR on the development of regions and cities and presents the results of foreign research on their quantitative and qualitative analysis. Special attention is paid to the experience of China, since this country significantly differs from the rest of the world in terms of development of high-speed rail traffic. In this regard, the largest amount of representative data that allows us to identify the success factors of HSR projects can be found for Chinese projects. The main scientific result of this article is a generalization of the existing experience of HSR construction projects and justification of the prospects for implementing such projects in the Russian Federation.
New economy forms a new value of transport service, in which the cost of time is becoming the most important factor in substantiation of investment decisions. Aim: the aim of the work is to form the methodological basis and procedures of economic substantiation of magnetic levitation based transport. Methods: the research builds on economic laws (keeping integration and high revenues) describing a new economic paradigm, methods of analysis of reason-and-consequence relation between speed and maximum revenue. The conclusions are based on representative summary of data about investment, operational and organisational costs of existing and designed high-speed lines. Results: design of a two-dimensional matrix of combination of maglev technologies with modular intermodal configuration, which enables building a scheme of economic assessment using rules of modular and architectural innovations’ combination. Consequently, the assessment process for transportation pricing from the point of view of maximum revenues for manufacturers and due mobility for population.
The potential health risks on passengers and the environment related to electromagnetic fields (EMF) caused by the operation of electrically driven high-speed transportation systems have been recognized as a significant issue for many years, since magnetic properties can potentially generate physiological effects in body tissues.
In this study, the calculated and experimental values of electromagnetic fields in high-speed steel-wheel-rail systems such as ICE, TGV and Shinkansen are compared with the two high-speed maglev systems, Germany’s Transrapid and Japan’s superconducting maglev (SC Maglev) system, based on available data. To estimate the impact on passengers, the field values generated by the power supply system as well as by the drive and suspension systems are taken into account. For the comparison, the peak values of the electromagnetic fields have been considered.
Particulate matter in high-speed rail and maglev systems | Тонкая пыль в высокоскоростных рельсовых системах и маглев | Feinstaubemissionen bei Hochgeschwindigkeitszügen und Magnetschnellbahnen. The International Maglev Board
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