Initiatives to Address Flooding
We have been working to enhance flood-response measures, having
suffered significant damage from Typhoon No. 19 in October 2019,
when overflowing rivers caused damage to railcars on the Hokuriku
Shinkansen.
For railway facilities, we have been setting priorities for each facility
and implementing hardware measures. In addition, utilizing hazard
maps, we have introduced a Vehicle Evacuation Judgment Support
System at rail yards where there is a risk of flooding, to promptly
evacuate vehicles in the event of a disaster.
With this system, we have developed indicators to support
decisions on vehicle evacuation, and
when each indicator reaches the set
value, an alarm sounds to notify the
people concerned.
Vehicle Evacuation Judgment Support System
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Indicators to assist in vehicle evacuation decisions
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