Advanced Urban Transit System
Urban Traffic System that carries better life
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (KOBELCO) realized the Japan's first AGT named KRT (KOBELCO Rapid Transit) in 1975 at the International Ocean Exposition Okinawa. Since then, our integral use of technology and our know-how from over many years, we’ve met customer’s various demands from planning to maintenance after delivery.
In addtion, through the past experiences, we supplied North- South Line of Jakarta Mass Transit System as the first subway in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia.
Scope of KOBELCO’s Business
Signaling System
The Signaling System is a key technology for driverless Automatic Transit Systems.
- Automatic Train Protection System (ATP)
- Automatic Train Operation System (ATO)
- Automatic Train Supervision System (ATS)
Communication System
The Communication System supports effective operation and in case of emergency provides necessary communication for rapid recovery.
- Optical LAN
- Wireless and Wired Communication System
- CCTV Surveillance and Public Address System
Power Supply System
The Power Supply System provides traction power for trains and electricity for stations and depot equipment, as well as signaling and communication equipment.
- Transformer
- Switch Gear
- Emergency Generator
Automatic Fare Collection (AFC)
The Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) provides unattended ticket gates system for efficient ticketing and passenger control.
- Passenger gate
- Ticket Vending Machine
- Ticket Office Machine
Platform Screen Door (PSD)
The Platform Screen Door (PSD) secures the passenger safety in order to prevent people falling onto or gaining unauthorized access to the track. In addition, PSD in underground stations isolates the station environment from the tunnels minimizing energy consumption and maximizing passenger comfort.
KOBELCO’s Project Engineering Work Flow
Through more than 50 years experience, we confidently supply total optimum solutions from planning phase to operation and maintenance phase.
History
KOBELCO in urban traffic systems
| 1972 | Under business partnership contract, KOBELCO and the Boeing Company, cooperated for development of PRT system. |
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| 1975 | KRT system in Okinawa International Ocean Exposition operated 6 months. |
| 1981 | Kobe New Transit Co., Ltd./Port Liner starts operation. |
| 1989 | Yokohama Seaside Line starts operation. |
| 1990 | Kobe New Transit Co., Ltd./Rokko Liner starts operation. |
| 1994 | Hiroshima Rapid Transit Co., Ltd./Astram Line starts operation. |
| 1995 | Yurikamome starts operation. |
| 1998 | SKYRAIL starts operation. |
| 2001 | Yurikamome Shimbashi station opened. Guideway Bus Shidami Line starts operation. |
| 2002 | Yurikamome Shiodome station opened. |
| 2003 | Taiwan Taoyuan Airport SKYTRAIN starts operation. |
| 2006 | Kobe New Transit Co., Ltd./Port Liner finishes extension to Kobe airport. Yurikamome finishes extension to Toyosu station. |
| 2008 | Nippori Toneri Liner starts operation. |
| 2011 | Korea Busan Metro Line 4 starts operation. |
| 2015 | Hiroshima Rapid Transit Co., Ltd./Astram Line Shin-Hakushima station opened. |
| 2019 | Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit North-South Line starts operation. |
KRT：KOBELCO Rapid Transit
Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit North-South Line
Kobe Steel, Ltd., one of the members of Metro One Consortium (Mitsui & Co., Ltd, Toyo Engineering Corporation, Kobe Steel, Ltd., and PT. Inti Karya Persoda Tehnik) provided this historical project in Indonesia with the design and supply of the signaling and communications system as the core system of automatic operation system, automatic fare collection system and platform screen doors and also executed the system integration.
We have provided rubber tire transportation systems in Japan and overseas with various systems related to automatic operation system. Although this project was the first challenge to railway system we smoothly executed the test and commission of the trial run with railway system and trains, maximally making use of our experienced automatic operation system knowledge and were able to finish this project to keep the tight opening schedule strictly required by the customer.
Related Pages
MRT Jakalta Timeline (YouTube)
MRT Jakarta Fase 1 "Perjalanan Mewujudkan Jakarta yang Lebih Baik" (YouTube)
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