Construction begins on JR Maglev Maintencance Yard in Gifu
Posted: 15. Oct 2021, 12:17
Construction begins on JR Maglev Chubu Maintencance Yard in Gifu
English translation of Japanese Media Report (Tomura Noboru).
On the 14th, JR Tokai started construction of the Chubu General Maglev Train Depot (Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture) for the Linear Central Shinkansen. The construction work will be completed by September 2025 on a gently sloping site with a maximum of about 30 meters of fill.
JR Tokai has acquired about 60 hectares of the city's Chitanbayashi and Komaba areas, and will develop about 50 hectares of land for the railcar base. The total length of the base is about 2 kilometers and the maximum width is 0.4 kilometers. It will be the only base where trains can be assembled and disassembled for maintenance.
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The total length of the line in Gifu Prefecture is 55.1 km, and 6.5 km of it runs above ground. In Nakatsugawa City, a four-story Gifu Prefecture Station (tentative name) will be built near Minosakamoto Station on the Chuo Line.
Source: https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASPBG74VZPBFOHGB00W.html Accessed: October 15, 2021.
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A representative of JR Tokai points out the direction in which the trains will enter and exit at the planned site of the base.
Source: https://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/article/ ... 1101400964 Accessed: October 15, 2021.
English translation of Japanese Media Report (Tomura Noboru).
On the 14th, JR Tokai started construction of the Chubu General Maglev Train Depot (Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture) for the Linear Central Shinkansen. The construction work will be completed by September 2025 on a gently sloping site with a maximum of about 30 meters of fill.
JR Tokai has acquired about 60 hectares of the city's Chitanbayashi and Komaba areas, and will develop about 50 hectares of land for the railcar base. The total length of the base is about 2 kilometers and the maximum width is 0.4 kilometers. It will be the only base where trains can be assembled and disassembled for maintenance.
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The total length of the line in Gifu Prefecture is 55.1 km, and 6.5 km of it runs above ground. In Nakatsugawa City, a four-story Gifu Prefecture Station (tentative name) will be built near Minosakamoto Station on the Chuo Line.
Source: https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASPBG74VZPBFOHGB00W.html Accessed: October 15, 2021.
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A representative of JR Tokai points out the direction in which the trains will enter and exit at the planned site of the base.
Source: https://www.shinmai.co.jp/news/article/ ... 1101400964 Accessed: October 15, 2021.