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- earthboundkid 3y ago“Kinki” is a name for the Osaka region of Japan.
- jkhdigital 3y agoAnd “sharyo” means rolling stock
- layer8 3y ago“Kinky chariots” isn’t too far off. ;)
- resolutebat 3y agoTo be quite exact, it means "near the capital", namely Kyoto/Nara. Osaka is the economic powerhouse of the region but has never been the capital. These days the more common name is Kansai (west of the toll gate), to contrast with the Kanto region (east of the toll gate), aka greater Tokyo.
- resonious 3y agoThere is a university there whose name would directly translate to "Kinki University". They opted to editorialize it a bit before going international (they go by "Kindai University" outside of Japan).
- earthboundkid 3y agoFrom the makers of the PIN number and the ATM machine, it’s Kinki U. University.
- glompers 3y agoI know Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) uses some of their trains but I didn't know the menu was so much broader and more shapely! Thanks.
- tevon 3y agoThe design differences between the Japanese trains and the American ones is so sad. The Japanese trains are significantly more aesthetic, let alone their superior function.
- qingcharles 3y agoI was thinking the same thing. I guess they give the American shit to the interns.. "Here, you gotta do the ones for the gaijin, make it as boring, ugly and 90s as you can."
- bombcar 3y agoConstraints on street-running rolling stock basically leads you to one basic design with some slight variations. All around the world they look mostly the same.
- pjc50 3y agoWhat does "street-running" mean in this context? Could you provide some examples?
- bombcar 3y agoStreet-running means a train or tram that has rails that are "in the street". Here's an extreme example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tQy49yJyvc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tQy49yJyvc But for transit you often have something like this: https://youtu.be/NpwIc35tqUk?si=zeG5iqiAhROtf6NW&t=191 https://youtu.be/NpwIc35tqUk?si=zeG5iqiAhROtf6NW&t=191 Something like that needs a much different "locomotive profile" than a train that entirely stays on grade-separated rails. A tram that can be stopped at a stoplight like a bus needs visibility from the cab so that the operator can ensure there isn't a child in front of the train before moving. This means you end up with a front that ... looks like a bus. Compare to high-speed trains, or even subways (subway operator visibility is often pretty low). (American rails are separated into "light and heavy" where heavy rails have some very significant requirements due to sharing the lines with freight, etc. And the freight locomotives are designed to protect the engineer in the case of a high-speed grade collision. Something that is not supposed to be possible with euro/Japan style high-speed rail; a ducknose hitting a semi truck would push the truck right into the cab.)
- pivo 3y agoThere are Kinky subway cars in Boston as well. Probably too old to to be listed on their page now. I wish we could have these modern, nice looking ones.