This new train uses the same principles as a roller coaster to get its passengers from stop to stop.
" Basically, drive units are installed at points along the railway that will pull the cars up so that the Eco Ride can get the potential energy needed to run. The strategy reduces the size of the railroad, structures, and stations, as well as the need for drive units on each car, and so the line can be built along the medians of expressways and sidewalks for a pretty low price.
The cars can pull up to 2,500 passengers each hour at a rate of about 20-30 km/h, and it uses half the energy needed to run trains and a third of that needed to run busses. Sounds pretty great, but the test line will figure out if it is marketable. "
By October a test line is going up in Japan for the Eco Ride.
Hopefully this would be another success for Japanese folks.
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