Installations on the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line Last update 1997/05/21

Installations on the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line


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Test Center

Test Center (test platform side)

Substation for Power Conversion

Ogatayama Bridge

Train Depot


Test Center
Test Center (left)

The Test Center, the heart of the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line, is a 5-story structure equipped with facilities issuing the instructions necessary for test execution and with a variety of devices and instruments.
You can get a glimpse of it near the Ogatayama bus stop on the Fuji-Yoshida line of the Chuo Expressway.

Test Center
(test platform side)
(right)

This is a glimpse of the Test Center from the side of the test platform, which is 80 m long and has a boarding facility.

Test Center (test platform side)
Substation for Power Conversion
Substation for Power Conversion (left)

The substation is where the voltage as received from the utility company is transformed with the inverters controlling the magnitude and frequency of the current that runs in the ground coils and thereby adjusting the train speed.
It stands adjacent to the Test Center.

Ogatayama Bridge (right)

This is the Ogatayama Bridge, about 140 m long, crossing the Fuji-Yoshida line of the Chuo Expressway, just beside the Test Center.
It is designed as an arch bridge of the Nielsen-Rose style, the first case of such a style introduced in railways.

Ogatayama Bridge
Train Depot
Train Depot (left)

This depot serves as an inspection and repair base for routine maintenance of the Maglev vehicles and at the same time as a cryogenic base responsible for keeping the Superconducting Magnets ready for service. It is 3 stories high with two inspection lines housed inside.
It is located at the end of the priority section nearest Tokyo.


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