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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:01 PM Apr 2015

603 KPH!

Japan breaks train speed record with Maglev train
Bullet train tops 603kph, with officials confident new technology is likely to shape a new global generation of trains.
Tarek Bazley

They brought the world the bullet train. Now engineers in Japan have broken the world train speed record for the second time in a week - topping 603kph.

Central Japan Railway has been testing its advanced superconducting Maglev train at Yamanashi west of Tokyo.
After decades of research and development officials are confident their technology will shape a new generation of trains.

"This train is set up the same way we will use it commercially," said Yasukazu Endo from Central Japan Railway.

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603 KPH! (Original Post) n2doc Apr 2015 OP

Great news! May be the best way to travel yet. Octafish Apr 2015 #1

603 Kilometers per hour = 374.6868 Miles per hour -none Apr 2015 #2

in wisconsin we are not supposed to have trains dembotoz Apr 2015 #3

I can imagine this in the US Northeast...where there are interacting metro's already HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #4

K&R. 374 Mph. This opens some amazing possibilities. stevenleser Apr 2015 #5

Octafish

(55,745 posts)

1. Great news! May be the best way to travel yet.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:06 PM

Apr 2015

If we get off the carbon generating duff, maglev trains will have a near-zero environmental footprint compared to jet aircraft.

-none

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2. 603 Kilometers per hour = 374.6868 Miles per hour

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:13 PM

Apr 2015

Give or take a few decimal places.

dembotoz

(16,804 posts)

3. in wisconsin we are not supposed to have trains

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:24 PM

Apr 2015

our gov said so

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

4. I can imagine this in the US Northeast...where there are interacting metro's already

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:24 PM

Apr 2015

Which makes the notion of moving faster between city centers seem sensible.

I don't see it in the upper Midwest...there's not nearly the sense of passenger traffic between city centers of say Chicago, Minneapolis and St Louis being an important and expected feature of life.

stevenleser

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5. K&R. 374 Mph. This opens some amazing possibilities.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:25 PM

Apr 2015

This puts all major cities in the Northeast within theoretical commuting distance from each other and thats just for starters

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