Japan: E235 Series now running on Yamanote Line (with problems)

[NYCSubway137]

So recently a week ago, the E235 series dayviewed on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo. However though, it has recently faced a series of problems. As of a result, JR East has suspended the E235's from service for now until the bugs are corrected.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201512010059

The long-awaited and much-hyped new train model for the bustling Yamanote Line in central Tokyo experienced a series of malfunctions that forced a suspension of services on its first day of operations.
The problems on Nov. 30 were so numerous that scheduled runs of the E235 series train, the first upgrade in 13 years for the Yamanote Line, were canceled for Dec. 1.
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) had touted the innovations of the E235 series train, including more space for wheelchairs and baby strollers, as well as digital advertisements in the place of paper banners. The company planned to use only one E235 train, consisting of 11 pre-production cars, for the time being, and it was expected to eventually make a maximum of 19 trips around the Yamanote loop a day....

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002598516

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, on Tuesday suspended the use of the E235 series train on its Yamanote Line, following a series of problems on Monday, when the new model debuted on the busy loop line in central Tokyo. JR East said Tuesday that flaws in newly developed train control software were responsible for the problems. The E235 train operations will be put on hold until measures to prevent similar problems are in place, the company said....

 

[whoosh]

"Overshot the platform by dozens of centimetres..."

Good God!!!

 

[Yew]

Digital advertisements, grim...

 

[the sniper]

I can see the problem. There's a Conductor/Guard working that train. JR obviously only just realised that they forgot to implement DOO on their new stock, like proper railways do.

EDIT:

"Overshot the platform by dozens of centimetres..."

Good God!!!

I get why you'd say that, but I believe at least some of the stations they call at (maybe all?) have platform gates, so stopping on the correct mark is necessary to ensure the doors align.

 

[stut]

Even without the platform gates (I can't remember many Yamanote Line stations having them), it is commonplace in Japan to have platform markers that line up directly with the doors (usually different symbols for different train types - the departure board will tell you to wait at the circles or the triangles).

Naturally, people form an orderly queue either side of these markers, so their position is important, especially in the very busy peaks.

 

[NYCSubway137]

Even without the platform gates (I can't remember many Yamanote Line stations having them), it is commonplace in Japan to have platform markers that line up directly with the doors (usually different symbols for different train types - the departure board will tell you to wait at the circles or the triangles).

Naturally, people form an orderly queue either side of these markers, so their position is important, especially in the very busy peaks.

The platform gates are there to alleviate platform overcrowding.

 

[Flying_Turtle]

In theory there is a system to aid drivers to stop those trains at the right spot... so quite a significant fail

 

[upnorth71]

The e235 trainset returned to revenue last month, March 7. The software glitches were fixed back in December, and a number of tests were run, including loading the train to 200 percent capacity (approx. 18t per carriage). No problems were encountered, and thus it was cleared for operation. Apparently it is used on a diagram averaging about 5 revolutions around the loop line/day.