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Trial runs with passengers in Fuji, Shizuoka
Prefecture, Japan. (Jan 21, 2007)
静岡県富士市の岳南鉄道線でのデ
モンストレーション走行（2007年1
21日）
In the year 2000, Hokkaido Railway Company
(JR Hokkaido) began developing a prototype
DMV (Dual Mode Vehicle) 'minibus' that will
carry 25 passengers and can operate as a
train, running on tracks with steel and
rubber wheels, as well as a bus, driving on
roads with conventional tires. Now nearing
completion this remarkable hybrid will be
able to take advantage of existing rail track
through more developed areas and then shift
to roadways for operation in less-densely
populated areas. Overcoming the main obstacle
to this kind of service it can change from
one type of wheels to the other in 10 to 15
seconds! (JR NEWS Aug 9, 2006)
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