HST (Railway) - HST

Japanese: HST(鉄道) - えっちえすてぃー
HST (Railway) - HST

...A Japanese main line railway with a maximum speed of over 200km/h. Its construction began in 1940 with the construction of an additional Shinkansen line between Tokyo and Shimonoseki (the bullet train plan). At the time, Japan's narrow-gauge (1067mm) railway network was almost complete, but plans were underway to build a new standard-gauge (1435mm) line with the ambitious goal of expanding the transport capacity of the Tokaido and Sanyo main lines and connecting with the continent. This plan called for a 15-year construction period, a maximum speed of 200km/h in the future, and grade-separated intersections with roads, which is similar to the current concept of the Shinkansen.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "HST (railroad)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…最高速度200km/h以上の高速運転を行う日本の幹線鉄道。その建設は1940年における東京~下関間新幹線増設工事(弾丸列車計画)に端を発する。当時の日本では狭軌(1067mm)による鉄道路線網がほぼ完成していたが,東海道・山陽本線の輸送力拡充,さらに大陸との連絡という壮大な目的の下に新たに標準軌(1435mm)による新線計画が進められることとなった。この計画は工期15年,東京~下関間9時間以内,将来の最高速度200km/h,道路とは立体交差というもので,現在の新幹線の考え方に近い。…

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