JR West head gives instructions to tunnel inspectors

JR West head gives instructions to tunnel inspectors

OKAYAMA, Japan - Shojiro Nanya, president of West Japan Railway Co. (JR West), gives instructions to workers on the night of Nov. 12 before they start full-fledged inspections of tunnels on the Sanyo Shinkansen line linking Osaka with Fukuoka. JR West is inspecting all 142 tunnels along the line in an effort to prevent the recurrence of recent accidents in which concrete slabs fell from the wall of the Fukuoka and Kitakyushu tunnels, railway officials said.

Box girder erection along Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway completed

STORY: Box girder erection along Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway completed DATELINE: Oct. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:22 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of box girder erection along Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway 2. various of the speech at the ceremony 3. various of box girder erection completing 4. various of people working STORYLINE: The erection task of all box girders along the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway (HSR) was completed Sunday, which means the track-laying channel has fully opened, laying a solid foundation for the completion of the railway and its opening to traffic in June 2023. The Jakarta-Bandung HSR has a total length of 142 km, with three beam yards, No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4, which were responsible for the erection of 2,558 box girders. At present, all 13 tunnels along the railway have been completed. Over 92 percent of the subgrade, bridge and station civil works have been completed. One high-speed electric passenger train and one inspection train t

Track laying of Jakarta-Bandung HSR starts in Indonesia

STORY: Track laying of Jakarta-Bandung HSR starts in Indonesia DATELINE: April 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:02 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launching ceremony 2. various of track laying STORYLINE: Track laying of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway (HSR) has begun in Bandung Regency, Indonesia's West Java province, marking a solid step towards the whole line completion, according to the railway's operator. The railway's operator KCIC, a joint venture consortium between Chinese and Indonesian state-owned firms, said the total track laying of the 142-km HSR is 279.4 km, including 112.8 km of ballasted track section and 166.6 km of ballastless track. According to the KCIC, all the 50-meter steel rails used in the project are produced in China, with a total of 11,810 pieces weighing 35,881 tons. After being delivered to Indonesia, the 50-meter rails will be welded into 500-meter-long rails. The KCIC said 12 tunnels have been built along the railway and more than 91 pe

JR West head gives instructions to tunnel inspectors

JR West head gives instructions to tunnel inspectors

OKAYAMA, Japan - Shojiro Nanya, president of West Japan Railway Co. (JR West), gives instructions to workers on the night of Nov. 12 before they start full-fledged inspections of tunnels on the Sanyo Shinkansen line linking Osaka with Fukuoka. JR West is inspecting all 142 tunnels along the line in an effort to prevent the recurrence of recent accidents in which concrete slabs fell from the wall of the Fukuoka and Kitakyushu tunnels, railway officials said.