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Worlds fastest Train = Japanese Maglev Train. JR-maglev is also called Chūō Shinkansen.
JR-Maglev is a magnetic levitation train system developed by the Central Japan Railway Company and Railway Technical Research Institute (association of Japan Railways Group). JR-Maglev MLX01 is one of the latest designs of a series of Maglev trains in development in Japan since the 1960s. On December 2, 2003, a three-car train set attained a maximum speed of 581 km/h (361 mph) (world speed record for railed vehicles) in a manned vehicle run.Worlds fastest Train = Japanese Maglev Train. JR-maglev is also called Chūō... more
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The Central Japan Railway has just been granted the go-ahead to break ground on a massive maglev train line that will ferry high-speed trains across japan at blazing speeds up to 313 miles per hour. The hovering trains will connect Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka through lines that run much more efficiently than traditional trains. The project, which has been on the table since the 1970s, will cost the Japanese government a modest sum of 9 trillion yen.
Maglev trains are known as the fastest in the world. Rather than running on traditional rails, these next-gen trains hover above the ground, which significantly reduces friction. The trains are levitated by a system that consists of coils laid beneath the tracks and super conducting magnets located on the trains. Repulsing and attracting electromagnetic forces propel the vehicles along at incomparable speeds.
Just how fast? Maglev trains can reach a speed of 313 mph, cutting the proposed route from Tokyo to Osaka to just over an hour. That is more than double the speed of Amtrak’s Acela Express High Speed Rail, which hits a top speed of 150 mph!
Much of the route is already built, but extensive tunnels must be constructed to run between the three cities. The tunnels will take up about 60% of the route, and also siphon most of the project’s giant budget. Construction of the tunnels isn’t anticipated to commence until 2014. The long-term project anticipates the Tokyo-Nagoya route to be completed in 2027, and the Tokyo-Osaka line will be finished in 2045.The Central Japan Railway has just been granted the go-ahead to break ground on a... more
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Plans for a levitating train from Las Vegas to Disneyland can move forward under a transportation bill signed by President Bush on Friday that frees up $45 million for the futuristic project.
Derided by critics as pie in the sky, the train would use magnetic levitation technology to carry passengers from Disneyland to Las Vegas in well under two hours, traveling at speeds of up to 300 mph. It would be the first MagLev system in the U.S.
The money is the largest cash infusion in the project's nearly 20-year history. It will pay for environmental studies for the first leg of the project.
The money had been delayed by a drafting error in Congress' 2005 highway bill, which was corrected along with some other changes by the legislation signed Friday by Bush. The delay had allowed a competing and cheaper diesel-electric plan to emerge as an alternative, but with the money now freed up supporters hope to move forward with the MagLev plan.
The train is meant to ease traffic on increasingly clogged Interstate 15, the main route for the millions of Southern Californians who make the 250-plus-mile drive to Las Vegas each year. There is no train on the route — Amtrak's Desert Wind between Los Angeles and Las Vegas was canceled in 1997 because of low ridership.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., praised passage of the law, saying the MagLev project "will safely and efficiently move people between Southern California and Las Vegas." Plans for a levitating train from Las Vegas to Disneyland can move forward under a... more
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Plans for a levitating train from Las Vegas to Disneyland can move forward under a transportation bill signed by President Bush on Friday that frees up $45 million for the futuristic project.
Derided by critics as pie in the sky, the train would use magnetic levitation technology to carry passengers from Disneyland to Las Vegas in well under two hours, traveling at speeds of up to 300 mph. It would be the first MagLev system in the U.S.
The money is the largest cash infusion in the project's nearly 20-year history. It will pay for environmental studies for the first leg of the project.
The money had been delayed by a drafting error in Congress' 2005 highway bill, which was corrected along with some other changes by the legislation signed Friday by Bush. The delay had allowed a competing and cheaper diesel-electric plan to emerge as an alternative, but with the money now freed up supporters hope to move forward with the MagLev plan.
The train is meant to ease traffic on increasingly clogged Interstate 15, the main route for the millions of Southern Californians who make the 250-plus-mile drive to Las Vegas each year. There is no train on the route—Amtrak's Desert Wind between Los Angeles and Las Vegas was canceled in 1997 because of low ridership.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., praised passage of the law, saying the MagLev project "will safely and efficiently move people between Southern California and Las Vegas."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR2008060603315.htmlWASHINGTON (AP) - Plans for a levitating train from Las Vegas to Disneyland can move... more
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