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division and privatization of the Japanese National Railways. In October
1993, the company placed its shares on the stock market.
There are 1,705 stations on our 7,527 kilometers network in eastern Hon-
shu, including the Tokyo metropolitan area, and the company serves more
than 16 million passengers daily.
Among the many lines operated by JR East, the Shinkansen and Tokyo
Metropolitan Area lines have require higher-density, safety and reliability.
Fig. 1. Area served by East Japan Railway Company
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Evaluation of current railway signalling system by
RAMS
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What is RAMS?
RAMS (Railway applications - specification and demonstration of reliability,
availability, maintainability and safety) standard is the technology for evalu-
