Railway Technology Research Institute Open House Oct 8 2016

[cteno4]

from profit of the way on jtrains yahoo group. may be of interest to those in japan!

 

cheers

 

jeff

 

 

The Railway Technology Research Institute will be open to the public

on October 8 2016 (Saturday).

Website:
http://www.rtri.or.jp/

Major research subjects:
Magnetically levitated trains (maglev).
Superconductive magnets.
Energy-saving battery-powered motor cars.
Durability of components and structures.
Improved safety.
Improved ride quality.
Station platform/corridor crowd control.
Reduction of pollution.

Hours:
10:00 - 3:30 (Enter by 3:00)

Access:
http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/rtri/map_kuni_E.html
North side of JR East Chuo Line Kunitachi Station, 7 minutes by foot.
Building with large antennae visible from station platform.

[miyakoji]

Although I'd be happy to attend any open day, for some reason this one holds special appeal.  Maybe it's the building, which fits the organization's being an institution.  I imagine weird experiments being conducted, involving ice baths, electroshock therapy, and paper cups of pills administered by imposing matrons.  But somehow this is done on railcars, not people.  Hmmm  :confused3:

[cteno4]

That was a deep look into miyakoji's pyschie! One flew over the loco house! ;-p

 

Jeff

[kvp]

...and the end result after the lightning strike was this:

[houari]

I went there 2 years ago. There were two types of visitors: 1) young parents with their kids (or young couples who apparently might want to know how to raise kids), 2) train geeks (which were to heavy to enjoy floating superconductor-liquid nitrogen mini train).

Edited October 4, 2016 by houari

[bikkuri bahn]

There were two types of visitors

 

Basically that's the way with all of these open houses, though the behavior of the first group is getting worse recently, IMO.