A solar panel is combined with a Shika Sonic unit set up along the JR Chuo Line so it will work on generated power. (Provided by T.M. Works Ltd.)
A railway operator out of options in a long battle to stop a stream of train collisions with wild animals has turned to psychological warfare to scare them off the train tracks.
The Hachioji branch of East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has set up a special device along its tracks that emits a high frequency sound that animals hate, hoping it will drive them off.
It had tried using fences to keep deer and other animals from entering areas near the tracks and lights to deter them, but both failed.