Operation & Maintenance Business Department, Land Transportation Systems & Components Division, Commercial Aviation & Transportation Systems
Japan's first comprehensive transportation system test facility, the MIHARA Test Center,
has test tracks for three types of transportation systems: a railway test track, an AGT test
track, and a HSST test track. The MIHARA Test Center opened on October 2, 2014 when the
3.2 km-long railway test loop track was completed. This facility aims at enhancing Japan's
competitiveness in the export of urban transportation systems, which is one of the key pillars of the
country's export strategy. Since then, the MIHARA Test Center has been used not only for MHI
development projects, but also by other companies and public/private organizations, and has
accepted many inspections by domestic and foreign parties.
The facilities of the railway test track have been enhanced for improvement in terms of
effectiveness and convenience, reflecting both internal and external opinions. In addition, MHI's
development project of a high-speed AGT test track and a center guide AGT test track were
completed on May 31, 2016, and June 30, 2016, respectively. In this way, the MIHARA Test
Center has evolved further as a transportation infrastructure development base, and is greatly
expected in the industry to enhance the export competitiveness of Japanese transportation systems.
