Japan built the world's first 'railroad' railway

According to the Ministry of Transportation, the first all-in-one railroads for high-speed trains in Japan will be fitted with a "third rail" to stop the train from falling apart. earthquake.

The " third rail " is made of steel and measures 17.4cm, a few centimeters larger than the normal track. It is fitted to the inside of the train so that one of the wheels of the train is fixed from two sides. As a result, when the earthquake, the train did not fall off the train.

Shinkansen (or train train) is a high-speed train commonly used in Japan

The first railroad to be fitted with the "third rail" is the 515km-long section of Japan's busiest road, linking Tokyo with Osaka and located in the center of Japan's main island, Honshu. The cost of this work is estimated at 30 billion yen, equivalent to $ 270 million.

Earlier in Japan, people used the early earthquake warning system to stop high-speed trains when there was a strong earthquake.

But after the accident of the ship's collapse in late 2004 in Nigata due to a magnitude 5.5 earthquake, the Japanese authorities had to revise the railway traffic safety strategy.