Announced details
Railway operations, one-person train operation, platform boarding and alighting checks, train surveillance, safety assurance, and maintenance
The interior of the monitor housings lowers by 1300mm. This eliminates the need for work at height using stepladders and helps reduce the risk of occupational accidents from falls, as well as the labor and time required for maintenance work.
A long-standing business relationship in which JR West has adopted 池上通信機’s systems for many years.
A railway operator running the Kinokuni Line, the nickname for the Wakayama–Shingu section of the Kisei Main Line. Other information on its location, representative, capital and year of establishment is Not disclosed.
Platforms at 8 stations in total between Wakayama Station and Kii-Tanabe Station on the Kinokuni Line
In this announcement the company addresses none of Contract Value / Offering price / Impact on Business Performance.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Names of Products / Services Covered | HD monitor train surveillance system for one-person train operators, Analog HD surveillance camera for railways ISD-890, 19-inch LCD monitor T19SHD002, 21.5-inch LCD monitor FDF2123W, Camera housing TY-587, Monitor housing MY-KN21_ series, Monitor housing MY-SN21_ series, Monitor housing MY-KW22_ series, Monitor housing MY-SW22_ series |
| Counterparty | West Japan Railway Company (JR West) |
| Counterparty overview | A railway operator running the Kinokuni Line, the nickname for the Wakayama–Shingu section of the Kisei Main Line. Other information on its location, representative, capital and year of establishment is Not disclosed. |
| Relationship with the Company | A long-standing business relationship in which JR West has adopted 池上通信機’s systems for many years. |
| Launch date | 14 March 2026 (operations began in line with the timetable revision; actual results) |
| Applicable area | Railway operations, one-person train operation, platform boarding and alighting checks, train surveillance, safety assurance, and maintenance |
| Location | Platforms at 8 stations in total between Wakayama Station and Kii-Tanabe Station on the Kinokuni Line |
| Location scale | 8 stations in total: 38 cameras, 36 19-inch monitors, 15 21.5-inch monitors, 38 camera housings, and 31 monitor housings in total |
| Quantitative Effects | The interior of the monitor housings lowers by 1300mm. This eliminates the need for work at height using stepladders and helps reduce the risk of occupational accidents from falls, as well as the labor and time required for maintenance work. |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.To establish safe and reliable operations as one-person operation was introduced for rapid and local trains, including 4-car formations, on the Kinokuni Line and the one-person operation section was extended between Wakayama Station and Kii-Tanabe Station. The elevating monitor housings are intended to reduce the risk of occupational accidents from falls, as well as the labor and time required for maintenance work.