A 'Dual-Mode Vehicle (DMV)' bus that can run both on conventional road surfaces and a railway track, is seen at Awakainan Station as it starts commercial operation in Kaiyo, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, Dec. 25, 2021. (Photo/ICphoto)
It's a bus, it's a train, it's a DMV! The world's first dual-mode vehicle, equally at home on road and rail, made its public debut on Saturday in the town of Kaiyo in Tokushima Prefecture.
The dual-mode vehicle looks like a minibus and runs on normal rubber tires on the road. But when it arrives at an interchange, steel wheels descend from the vehicle's underbelly onto the rail track, effectively turning it into a train carriage.
Photo shows three 'Dual-Mode Vehicle (DMV)' buses at Awakainan Station in Kaiyo, Tokushima Prefecture, as it starts commercial operation in Kaiyo, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, Dec. 25, 2021. (Photo/ICphoto)
A 'Dual-Mode Vehicle (DMV)' bus that can run both on conventional road surfaces and a railway track, is seen at Awakainan Station as it starts commercial operation in Kaiyo, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, Dec. 25, 2021. (Photo/ICphoto)
A 'Dual-Mode Vehicle (DMV)' bus runs on railway tracks in Japan. (Photo/ICphoto)
A 'Dual-Mode Vehicle (DMV)' bus runs on railway tracks in Japan. (Photo/ICphoto)
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