I’d be interested to hear about how these trains (and others) would behave in an earthquake. I remember a work colleague who lived through the Loma Prieta going from Berkeley to San Francisco and I’m sure it wasn’t pretty.
PS.: huge fan of trains and public transportation here, hopefully other places in North and South America would follow suit!
This reminds of the quake when I was driving to Menlo Park and seeing large numbers of people walking down the Caltrain track after it had been stopped in between stations. It looked like a scene out of an apocalyptic movie...
The Shinkansen cuts power to the train and then hits the breaks as soon as tremors are detected. Perhaps the rails are also designed so the train doesn't hop off.
