CATENARY-LESS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND ITS CHARGING METHOD

Provided is a railway type feeder-lineless traffic system in which the weight of a vehicle is reduced while the structure of the vehicle is simplified, and it is possible to carry out a quick charge during a brief stopping time at a station or the like. A charging method in a feeder-lineless traffic system in which a vehicle mounted thereon with an electric storage unit runs on a predetermined pathway with the use of a power, and the electric storage unit in the vehicle is charged from a charger set up on the pathway, wherein a contact charging way in which a power feeder 24 connected to the charger 21 set up on the ground is made into contact with a power receiver 6 mounted on a vehicle 1 is carried out when the vehicle 1 comes to a stop, and a commercial electric power is converted by the charger and a charge control unit of the charger into a DC power which is chargeable direct into the electric storage unit 1, and the DC power is quickly charged into the electric storage unit through the intermediary of the power feeder and the power receiver while a current value of the DC power is controlled.