2000 Volume 41 Issue 2 Pages 49-51
The running tests at the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line verified the engineering characteristics of JR's Maglev and the necessary functions as a means of transportation. The technical evaluation committee of the Ministry of Transport reported an evaluation result to the effect that the reliability of the system for commercialization has been proved from the engineering viewpoint though there are problems to be further studied on the durability and economy toward the verification of the system.