Japan's Shinkansen scrapping losses reach 11.8 billion yen

The Shinkansen, as the main tool of the Japanese people's travel, still occupies a very important position in our daily travel life. But this year, after the typhoon "Hai Bess" attack, Japan flooding, many Shinkansen was flooded causing great losses, is expected to be scrapped and rebuilt.

Not long ago, due to the 19th strongest typhoon this year, "Hai Bess" attack, Japan's many rivers burst their banks. River flooding also led to a number of Shinkansen trains were flooded and can not run. As a result, the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) said on the 6th, taking into account the safety of the train and other reasons, decided to scrap part of the company's waterlogged vehicles, remanufacturing carriages. The value of the scrapped vehicles is about 11.8 billion yen (about 760 million yuan).

According to the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) reported on the 6th, affected by the flooding, Japan's Hokuriku Shinkansen totaled 10 formations, 120 carriages into the water, of which the East Japan Railway Co. intends to scrap eight of these formations, **** 96 carriages.

Reports say the 96 carriages cost about 11.8 billion yen. The company is currently studying, will be scrapped carriages in part of the parts to be retained for other purposes. The company also said it will strive to resume normal operation of all train schedules within this year. In addition, for the Hokuriku Shinkansen, which is currently operating at a reduced schedule, JR East hopes to return Tokyo-to-Kanazawa train schedules to normal levels by the end of November and return all train schedules to normal schedules by the end of the 2019 fiscal year.

Also according to the Japanese "Yomiuri Shimbun" website reported on the 6th, the East Japan Passenger Railway Company president Fukasawa _ two pointed out in this regard, taking into account the safety and stability of the train, rather than repairing the vehicle into the water, after the scrapping of the remanufacturing should be a more appropriate approach.

According to the Shinkansen technicians previously said, the bottom of the Shinkansen vehicles, including motors and braking systems and other facilities, electronic equipment is very much. If the semiconductor part is flooded, all the parts need to be replaced.

Ryo Takagi, a professor at Nihon Kogakuin University, also pointed out that once the Shinkansen carriages are filled with water, even after drying, they may still catch fire when starting. However, it is actually very difficult to clean all the corners of the carriages, including the electromechanical equipment, completely.