The Japanese Maglev train broke with 603 kilometers per hour his own, four-day-old record of 589km/h. In total knew the transrapid 11 seconds above 600km/h. In the future, the train passengers in forty minutes from Tokyo to Nagoya.
Maglev stands for magnetic levitation; the train levitates ten inches above the rails. The drive is by means of electromagnets. The train must be in 2027 a schedule to start to maintain between Tokyo and the city of Nagoya in the middle of Japan, west of Tokyo. That trip should take 40 minutes, with an average speed of 500 kilometers per hour. In 2045 should be the second part of the line is extended to Osaka, further to the west. The total travel time on the 550 km over 67 minutes.
The costs for new connections are huge. It is estimated that the construction of the piece to Nagoya around $ 100 billion it will cost, because 80 percent of the route is through tunnels.
The record for the fastest conventional train, that is to say, on iron rails, is still in the hands of the French TGV, with 571 kilometers per hour in 2007. The previous record of the French dates back to 1990 with 515km/h. The Japanese Railways were recently also have their own, twelve-year standing record of 581km/h with 8km/h to 589km/h.
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