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Japan approves plans for world's fastest train line — RT News


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The Japanese government has approved plans for a train that will carry passengers from Tokyo to Nogoya at a speed of 310 miles per hour (500 kph). The train, which will be the fastest in the world, will use magnetic levitation technology.


The new line will stretch 180 miles (290 km) between the two cities, and the journey will take just 40 minutes. This is half the time that the current bullet train takes, which travels at speeds of up to 200 mph (322 kph), The Wall Street Journal reports.


The train is the brainchild of JR Tokai, the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. In Japanese, “Tokai” means “East Sea” and is the name of the region between Tokyo and Nogoya.

The technology behind the maglev train uses a magnetic charge to lift the train into the air, a few inches above its concrete track or guideway. This enables higher speeds to be achieved, as the carriages can move along without generating any friction.

Last month, a maglev train was successfully tested on a track in Yamanashi prefecture, running on its wheels until reaching 103 mph (167 kph). When the maglev technology was switched on, it lifted off and raced to speeds of 310 mph (500 kph).



The line will replace the current bullet train, which celebrated its 50th birthday just a few weeks ago.

JR Tokai hopes to complete the link to Nogoya by 2027 and then build an extension of the line to Osaka by 2045. The current journey time to Osaka from Tokyo is 130 minutes, but will be reduced to just 67.

The company plans to finance the construction of the first stretch of the line by itself, and has estimated the cost at 5.5 trillion yen (US$50 billion).

The company's CEO told the Japan Times that he is committed to speaking to local authorities along the route to make sure residents are caused the minimal amount of disturbance.

At least 86 percent of the first leg from Tokyo to Nagoya is expected to be built in tunnels. In some urban areas, the trains will be up to 40 meters underground.
 
Because Japan is democracy and US ally.

No media is going to say the project as ambitious.

As well as too fast too dangerous.


Go Japan! Go!
 
Yes Glory to Nippon ..

You can say that again. :)

Japan approves plans for world's fastest train line — RT News


japan-approves-maglev-train.si.jpg

AFP Photo / Shingo Ito


The Japanese government has approved plans for a train that will carry passengers from Tokyo to Nogoya at a speed of 310 miles per hour (500 kph). The train, which will be the fastest in the world, will use magnetic levitation technology.





The train is the brainchild of JR Tokai, the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. In Japanese, “Tokai” means “East Sea” and is the name of the region between Tokyo and Nogoya.

The technology behind the maglev train uses a magnetic charge to lift the train into the air, a few inches above its concrete track or guideway. This enables higher speeds to be achieved, as the carriages can move along without generating any friction.

Last month, a maglev train was successfully tested on a track in Yamanashi prefecture, running on its wheels until reaching 103 mph (167 kph). When the maglev technology was switched on, it lifted off and raced to speeds of 310 mph (500 kph).



The line will replace the current bullet train, which celebrated its 50th birthday just a few weeks ago.

JR Tokai hopes to complete the link to Nogoya by 2027 and then build an extension of the line to Osaka by 2045. The current journey time to Osaka from Tokyo is 130 minutes, but will be reduced to just 67.

The company plans to finance the construction of the first stretch of the line by itself, and has estimated the cost at 5.5 trillion yen (US$50 billion).

The company's CEO told the Japan Times that he is committed to speaking to local authorities along the route to make sure residents are caused the minimal amount of disturbance.

At least 86 percent of the first leg from Tokyo to Nagoya is expected to be built in tunnels. In some urban areas, the trains will be up to 40 meters underground.


This is going to be perfect for those who don't want to take regional jets from prefecture to prefecture. Second, its going to save a lot of money. I like this; efficiency and quality all rolled up into one package.
 
You can say that again. :)




This is going to be perfect for those who don't want to take regional jets from prefecture to prefecture. Second, its going to save a lot of money. I like this; efficiency and quality all rolled up into one package.
2027 amd 2045?! Only developed countries can have plans for infrastructure that far into the future, China 7 years later, biggest HSR line in the world by a mile, lol.
 
Congratulations :)

Your new airliner also looks kick ***

Thanks bro! Glory and Honor unto Japan and Turkey !

2027 amd 2045?! Only developed countries can have plans for infrastructure that far into the future, China 7 years later, biggest HSR line in the world by a mile, lol.

Repeat after me, @Genesis ,
"Tenno Heika Banzai!"

天皇陛下萬歲


;)
 
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Should go ahead and buy my ticket in advance :-). If it turns out anything like the rest of Japan's rail network that this is going to be awesome. 30 years is too long to wait, I wanna go now!
 
Should go ahead and buy my ticket in advance :-). If it turns out anything like the rest of Japan's rail network that this is going to be awesome. 30 years is too long to wait, I wanna go now!

I long for the day that the United States builds Shinkansens here in this great , glorious and vast nation. Traveling form Philadelphia to Chicago would take less than 4 hours ! Delaware to New York City would be less than an hour.

sorry the only emperor I bow to is printed on a snack package. Got to worship them chips.

You know nothing , Jon Snow, er, I mean, @Genesis . (Game of Thrones moment there...)

:lol:
 
I long for the day that the United States builds Shinkansens here in this great , glorious and vast nation. Traveling form Philadelphia to Chicago would take less than 4 hours ! Delaware to New York City would be less than an hour.

So do I. But the US has a big problem that no other nation grapples with... state rights. Largely autonomous from the Federal government, they have just as much right to veto any rail networks moving through their territory as they do to approve them. Unfortunately these projects are expensive and the US (state and Federal governments) is somewhat adverse to spending money on anything that doesn't have to do with electronics, the military or campaign funding.
 
You know nothing , Jon Snow, er, I mean, @Genesis . (Game of Thrones moment there...)

:lol:

I know Jon Snow is a bastard, I know enough, and if that's your way of calling me one, then good thing you caught a guy that sort of watches game of thrones.:usflag:
 
So do I. But the US has a big problem that no other nation grapples with... state rights. Largely autonomous from the Federal government, they have just as much right to veto any rail networks moving through their territory as they do to approve them. Unfortunately these projects are expensive and the US (state and Federal governments) is somewhat adverse to spending money on anything that doesn't have to do with electronics, the military or campaign funding.

Ah yes, you're right, the state rights issue. I believe that the United States can avail of this technology that has defined Japan's domestic railway scenery these past 50 years. Given, the United States is blessed to have such vast land mass, with an already established railway system that jots the country from coast to coast, as well as from north to south. As you mentioned, the states as well as airline lobbying groups would no doubt try to put down such a project.

I know Jon Snow is a bastard, I know enough, and if that's your way of calling me one, then good thing you caught a guy that sort of watches game of thrones.:usflag:

Ha ha ha, i didn't think of it that way, I just watched the end of 4th season yesterday, and just remembered Ygitte's famous line to correcting Mr. Snow. LOL.

Btw, what team are you rooting for ?

PS. A Lannister always pays his debt... ;)
 
Ah yes, you're right, the state rights issue. I believe that the United States can avail of this technology that has defined Japan's domestic railway scenery these past 50 years. Given, the United States is blessed to have such vast land mass, with an already established railway system that jots the country from coast to coast, as well as from north to south. As you mentioned, the states as well as airline lobbying groups would no doubt try to put down such a project.

A huge landmass is both a blessing and curse however. From a resources perspective, it's great, but for large scale infrastructure projects such as a national high speed rail system it's problematic. This is the reason we see air travel and not rail travel as the preferred national transportation method. Can each state maintain their section of the rail network adequately? Do they have the funds? Would a sparsely populated or spacious state such as Kentucky or Wyoming want the financial burden of a rail line their people are unlike to use en-mass? Too many variables. I would propose two rail systems, similar in style to those found in China. The first from the North-East, maybe starting in New Jersey and finishing in South-East in southern Florida, with regular stops along the way. The other from Washington state to Southern California.
 
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