Taiwan to buy N700s

[bikkuri bahn]

Been awhile since the last news of a big sale of rolling stock for export.  12x12 car sets of N700s to THSR.

Quote

 

TAIPEI — The operator of Taiwan’s Shinkansen bullet train service is to buy 12 N700S Shinkansen units — each comprising 12 cars — from Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai).

Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (THSR) on Wednesday confirmed it will ink a near-future contract worth ¥124 billion with the Japanese firm. The deal, which was proposed by a consortium of Hitachi, Ltd. and Toshiba Corp., was reportedly settled after protracted negotiations over pricing and other issues.

 

full article:

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/business/economy/20230317-97865/

 

JR Tokai TV CM promoting the introduction of service of the N700s two years ago:

 

Edited March 17, 2023 by bikkuri bahn
added clip for context

[miyakoji]

Thanks Bikkuri.  I wonder how these will differ from the Japanese N700S, and why they're not designating it '800T' or something.  The Wikipedia page about the 700T lists quite a few features specific to the model.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THSR_700T

[cplchanb]

5 hours ago, miyakoji said:

Thanks Bikkuri.  I wonder how these will differ from the Japanese N700S, and why they're not designating it '800T' or something.  The Wikipedia page about the 700T lists quite a few features specific to the model.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THSR_700T

the front end will probably be reshaped like the 700T and different interior. 

[bikkuri bahn]

9 hours ago, miyakoji said:

Thanks Bikkuri.  I wonder how these will differ from the Japanese N700S, and why they're not designating it '800T' or something.  The Wikipedia page about the 700T lists quite a few features specific to the model.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THSR_700T

I suppose some of the subsystems have to swapped out and the Taiwan-specific ones need to be calibrated, especially wrt to train control* and braking.  One significant difference in operating practice is THSR is bi-directional as per European practice, while Shinkansen (and normally all double track railways in Japan) are signaled to be uni-directional.

 

*I'm not 100% sure but some precursory reading indicates that THSR is basically ATO operation, while Tokaido Shinkansen, with its extremely dense operating environment, requires constant inputs from drivers to maintain the schedule (much like ATC on the Tokyu Den-en toshi Line during the AM rush).

Edited March 18, 2023 by bikkuri bahn
addtl. info

[bikkuri bahn]

WRT to Tokaido Shinkansen and driver inputs, here is a recent sample of such practice, in a Chukyo TV segment (beginning about 3:30), an attempt to recover a 25 second delay between Atami and Odawara on a Kodama service:

 

Edited March 18, 2023 by bikkuri bahn