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| website = www.rtri.or.jp| remarks = }}File:Railway technical research institute in japan.jpg|thumb|right|Railway Technical Research Institute in Kokubunji, TokyoKokubunji, Tokyo{{Nihongo|Railway Technical Research Institute|鉄道総合技術研究所|Tetsudō Sōgō Gijutsu Kenkyūsho}}, or {{Nihongo|RTRI|鉄道総研|Tetsudō Sōken}}, is the technical research company under the Japan Railways group of companies.

Overview

RTRI was established in its current form in 1986 just before Japanese National Railways (JNR) was privatised and split into separate JR group companies. It conducts research on everything related to trains, railways and their operation. It is funded by the government and private rail companies. It works both on developing new railway technology, such as magnetic levitation, and on improving the safety and economy of current technology.Its research areas include earthquake detection and alarm systems, obstacle detection on level crossings, improving adhesion between train wheels and tracks, reducing energy usage, noise barriers and preventing vibrations.File:ML100.JPG|thumb|right|JR's first experimental magnetic levitation train, ML100, on display outside RTRI]]RTRI is the main developer in the Japanese SCMaglev program.

Offices and test facilities

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Main office

• 844 Shin-Kokusai Bldg. 3-4-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan

Research facilities

• Kunitachi Institute - 2-8-38 Hikari-cho, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo, 185-8540, Japan
• Wind Tunnel Technical Center, Maibara, Shiga
• Shiozawa Snow Testing Station, Minami-Uonuma, Niigata
• Hino Civil Engineering Testing Station, Hino, Tokyo
• Gatsugi Anti-Salt Testing Station, Sanpoku, Niigata

Gauge Change Train

The RTRI is developing a variable gauge system, called the "Gauge Change Train", to allow {{RailGauge|1435mm}} Shinkansen trains to access {{RailGauge|1067mm}} lines of the original rail network.WEB,weblink Japan Railway & Transport Review - page 6, 2008-12-09,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20061008002026weblink">weblink 2006-10-08, dead,

Publications

• Japan Railway & Technical Review
• Quarterly Report of RTRI - Print: {{ISSN|0033-9008}} Online: {{ISSN|1880-1765}}

See also

• British Rail Research Division
• German Centre for Rail Traffic Research
• Hydrail

References

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External links

• {{Official websiteweblink}}

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