Land Transportation Systems Division Commercial Aviation & Transportation Systems
On October 2, 2014, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) opened the "Multipurpose
Integrated Highly-Advanced Railway Applications (MIHARA) Test Center," which is located at
the Wadaoki Plant of MHI's Mihara Machinery Works in Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is
Japan's first comprehensive railway transportation system test facility, and has a loop track of
approximately 3.2 km.
The purpose of this center is to help Japanese firms to be more competitive against overseas
rivals and promote the export of urban transportation systems, which is a pillar of Japan's
infrastructure export strategy. The center is intended to be open for use not only by MHI, but also
other companies and public/private organizations, and will serve as a powerful support tool for
accommodating international specifications and product development. We also expect the center to
be useful for the introduction of software - including maintenance and operation - which has been
widely acknowledged as the "Japan Model."
