Fastech 360

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The Fastech 360S train at Omiya Station, May 2008

Detail of signature air brakes in deployed state

Fastech 360 is the name given to a pair of experimental high-speed trains developed by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) to test technology for the next-generation Shinkansen rolling stock, and can run at speeds of up to 405 km/h (320 mph). The name is a portmanteau of Fast, Technology, and 360 km/h (213 mph), the speed at which production trains were initially hoped to be operated. Results of testing using these trains will be incorporated into the E5 series and E6 series trains which are scheduled to enter revenue service from 2011, eventually operating at 320 km/h (200 mph).

There are 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

Fastech 360 trains are 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 Nekomimi Shinkansen (猫耳新幹線^?), which literally means "cat-eared Shinkansen".

Class E954 Fastech 360S

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

The Fastech 360S train has an arrow-line profile at one end, and a stream-line shape at the other.

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

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1 and 4 to 6 were built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and cars 2 and 3 were built by Hitachi Ltd.^[2] The train was withdrawn in December 2008, and cut up.^[1]

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)

See also

• Media related to Fastech 360 at Wikimedia Commons

References

External links

• Press release from JR East (Template:ISO 639 name en)
• A bullet train... only with ears (BBC News)
• JR East press release: "新幹線高速試験電車 FASTECH 360 まもなくデビュー" (Japanese)
• 新幹線高速試験電車E955形式 （FASTECH360Z）の概要 (Japanese)

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