As the key player in the development of the Shinkansen bullet train vehicles in Japan, Hitachi has taken part in all Shinkansen rolling stock projects. With the design and production of a light aluminum body, a VVVF inverter unit, ATC control together with Hitachi laboratories' outstanding engineering capacity, Hitachi makes it possible to provide a comfortable moving space characterized by low noise and low vibration that is perfectly adapted to the environment through which the tracks pass.

Hitachi's monorail system is the best solution for urban amenities. The rubber tires used in the Hitachi Monorail System also increase traction performance allowing the vehicle to cope with steeper grades than steel wheeled vehicles. The guideway structure can be constructed in hilly and developed urban areas. As a result, transit planners have greater flexibility when configuring routes.

Hitachi aims to achieve higher speeds on curves using existing infrastructure with a failsafe and energy-saving tilting system. With the system, car bodies are tilted at curves to compensate for unbalanced car body centrifugal acceleration to a greater extent than the compensation produced by the track cant, so that passengers do not feel centrifugal acceleration allowing trains to run at higher speeds at curves.