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Safe, green technology for new rail route
The Japanese Shinkansen high-speed rail technology and its potential applications in Vietnam were presented at a seminar on the North-South express railway in Hanoi on Dec. 10 by the Vietnam Railway Corporation and the Japan Overseas Rolling Stock Association (JORSA).
Japanese Shinkansen trains are allowed to travel at a speed of 300 km per hour and transport 305 million passengers a year.
This technology is considered to be particularly fail-safe and is extremely environmentally-friendly. The Shinkansen rail system discharges CO2 levels equal to just one sixth of those emitted by airplanes and one ninth of the amount of CO2 produced by land vehicles.
The Vietnam-Japan Consulting Joint Venture (VJC), in its initial report, has proposed utilising Japanese Shinkansen technology in the planned express railway linking Vietnam ’s capital city, Hanoi with Ho Chi Minh City , its largest southern economic hub.
Using the planned technology, the railway will be designed for trains to travel at a maximum speed of 360 km per hour. However, the consultant joint venture recommended running trains at a maximum of 320 km per hour using Fastech 360s trains.
The 1,630-km-long express route will contain 26 stations, including Hanoi and Thu Thiem terminus in Ho Chi Minh City .
VJC has completed a mid-term report on the project and is expected to complete its final report for submission to the National Assembly during its session in early 2009.
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