Fastech 360

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Fastech 360 is the name given to a pair of former experimental high-speed EMU trainsets developed by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) to test technology for the next-generation Shinkansen rolling stock. The name is a portmanteau of Fast, Technology, and 360 km/h (Template:Convert), the target operational speed for production trains based on the new technologies. Speeds of up to Template:Convert were targeted during performance testing.[1] Results of testing using these trains was incorporated into the E5 series and E6 series trains, entering revenue service from 2011, eventually operating at Template:Convert.

There were 2 trains:

  • Class E954 Fastech 360S: 8-car set for use on shinkansen tracks only
  • Class E955 Fastech 360Z: 6-car set for use on both shinkansen and Mini-shinkansen lines
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Fastech 360

Fastech 360 trains were equipped with emergency air braking plates like that of an aircraft, similar in appearance to the ears of a cat. This trait earned them a nickname of Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., which literally means "cat-eared Shinkansen". This technology was not incorporated in the subsequent E5 series or E6 series trains.Template:Fact

Class E954 Fastech 360S

Template:Infobox train This 8-car set (S9) was delivered on 26 June 2005. Cars 1 to 3 were built by Hitachi, and cars 4 to 8 were built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries.[2]

Car E954-1 has a stream-line profile, reminiscent of the 500 series, and E954-8 has an arrow-line profile more reminiscent of the JR East E2 series and E4 series designs.[3]

The train was withdrawn in September 2009 and scrapped.[4]

Formation

  1. E954-1 (T1c)
  2. E954-2 (M1) (with pantograph)
  3. E954-3 (M2) (with toilet)
  4. E954-4 (M2)
  5. E954-5 (M1s)
  6. E954-6 (M2)
  7. E954-7 (M1) (with pantograph)
  8. E954-8 (T2c)

Class E955 Fastech 360Z

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This 6-car set (S10) was delivered on 6 April 2006. Cars 1 and 4 to 6 were built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and cars 2 and 3 were built by Hitachi[5] The train was withdrawn in December 2008 and scrapped.[2]

Formation

  1. E955-1 (M2c)
  2. E955-2 (M1s)
  3. E955-3 (M1) (with pantograph and toilet)
  4. E955-4 (M1)
  5. E955-5 (M1) (with pantograph)
  6. E955-6 (M2c)

References

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External links

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