Abstract
This paper presents the method for prediction of train ride comfort using a motion simulator that can reproduce the acceleration same as actual train with high precision. The motion simulator used in this study can produce not only the acceleration of actual train but also that analyzed virtually with computer simulation. We can evaluate train ride comfort with body sense before the route of rail track is designed using this method. Two track profiles with several curves are compared from the point of view of train ride comfort experimentally. One profile is designed observing former law and another is designed with exception. The results show both of them have no problem about ride comfort.
