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The Hitachi (also known as Silver trains, Martin & King or Stainless Steel [1] [2]) was an electric multiple unit train that operated on the Melbourne suburban railway network between 1972 and 2014. Electrical equipment was supplied by Commonwealth Engineering , to designs by Hitachi of Japan , leading to their official name today, although no ...
Hitachi gained further ground in the UK market when it was announced in 2009 that an A-train based design similar to that of the Class 395, initially named the Hitachi Super Express, was the preference for the government's Intercity Express Programme tender to replace InterCity 125 and InterCity 225 sets on the Greater Western and InterCity ...
The first EMU3000 series train being loaded in the Port of Kudamatsu. The EMU3000 series was purchased as part of the Taiwan Railways Administration 's (TRA) plan to replace its aging fleet by 2024. That plan called for the purchase of 600 intercity cars, 520 commuter cars ( EMU900 series ), 102 locomotives, and 60 un-electrified passenger cars ...
The A sets were delivered by a joint venture between Downer Rail and Hitachi for Reliance Rail under a Public Private Partnership (PPP). [4] As part of the PPP, Reliance Rail will also maintain the trains for a minimum of 30 years at the purpose-built Auburn Maintenance Centre facility.
Hitachi Rail Europe (legally Hitachi Rail Limited) was established in London as the European headquarters of the company in 1999. [12] Other subsidiaries have been established globally. [13] Hitachi markets a general-purpose train known as the "A-train", which uses double-skin, friction-stir-welded aluminium body construction. [14]
The E5 series (Japanese: E5系, Hepburn: E5-kei) and the related H5 series (Japanese: H5系, Hepburn: H5-kei) are Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train types built by Hitachi Rail and Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
The Class 385 is a member of Hitachi's A-Train [2] family of aluminium trains and was the first order for the AT-200 commuter train model. [10] [19] The trains are designed for a maximum speed of 100 mph (160 km/h). Sets are formed of two powered driving cars and one or two unpowered intermediate cars. [3]
The 1000 series was the world's first train type to use fuzzy logic to control its speed, and this system developed by Hitachi [1] accounts for the relative smoothness of the starts and stops when compared to other trains, and is 10% more energy efficient than human-controlled acceleration. [2]