HST - High-Speed ​​Stewardess

Japanese: HST - えいちえすてぃー
HST - High-Speed ​​Stewardess

Abbreviation for High Speed ​​Train. A streamlined diesel-powered fixed formation train that has been in commercial operation since 1976 as an express train by British Railways (1994-1997, divided and privatized). It has a centralized power system with both ends as motor cars and about eight trailer cars in the middle, and provides service between major cities, mainly in non-electrified sections. Express trains using HST can reach a high speed of 125 miles per hour (about 200 kilometers per hour), so they are called Intercity 125. They are electrically powered by a 2000 horsepower diesel engine. This train is also used in Australia.

[Gentaro Nishio and Yoshihiko Sato]

"Rail 300: The Great Race for High-Speed ​​Trains" by Murray Hughes, translated by Takehiko Suga (1991, Sankaido) " "High-Speed ​​Trains of the World" by Yoshihiko Sato (1998, Grand Prix Publishing)

[Reference] | APT | Express train | Diesel railcar

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

High Speed Trainの略称。イギリス国鉄(1994~1997年、分割・民営化された)が特急列車用として1976年から営業運転している流線形のディーゼル動力固定編成列車。動力集中式で両端の車両が動力車になっていて、中間に8両程度の付随車を連結し、非電化区間を中心に主要都市間連絡サービスを行っている。HSTを使った特急は、時速125マイル(約200キロメートル)の高速を発揮するので、インターシティ125とよばれる。出力2000馬力のディーゼル機関で発電し電気駆動する。オーストラリアでもこの列車が採用されている。

[西尾源太郎・佐藤芳彦]

『マレー・ヒューズ著、菅建彦訳『レール300世界の高速列車大競争』(1991・山海堂)』『佐藤芳彦著『世界の高速鉄道』(1998・グランプリ出版)』

[参照項目] | APT | 急行列車 | ディーゼル動車

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