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The World's Fastest Train Japanese Maglev Train Goes 365 MPH (VIDEO)

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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.
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