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Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph
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Show threadTerence Eden15h ago
@Rainmaker1973
This is an edited clip.
The original is at https://xcancel.com/0x__Paradox/status/1962875348434972857
And, while still fast, is much slower than the one posted by this not.
Show threadanguinea13h ago
@Edent
Thanks for the clarification!
Show threadBob Tregilus15h ago
@Rainmaker1973 Good grief! And in the early 19th century there was concern that steam trains might go faster than the human body could withstand.
Show threadKo Simon toku ingoa 9h ago
@elaterite @Rainmaker1973 is it any closer to opening? Last I heard it was being held back by one region refusing to let track be built through it.
Show threadsunflowerinrain15h ago
@Rainmaker1973
Best video of the day!
Show threadKerplunk12h ago

@Rainmaker1973

Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph

in Germany we are speechless when we use an expensive ICE, inter city express

It trundles along at ridiculously slow speed much of the time and is almost always late..

Show threadTor Lillqvist2h ago

@Kerplunk @Rainmaker1973 The solution is to build more traditional high-speed rail. Not maglev.

If you think ICE is slow when there is some disturbance on a high-speed line and it needs to be re-routed along older lines with slower allowed speed, just think how slow maglev is when there is a disturbance on the maglev line and it can't run at all because it can (obviously) only run on maglev lines.

Show threadMark Pospesel 2h ago
@Rainmaker1973 @arroz I love the expression of happiness on that one guy’s face.
Show threadTor Lillqvist2h ago
@Rainmaker1973 That $70 million is the price for what, exactly?
Show threadTor Lillqvist1h ago

@Rainmaker1973 Wikipedia says: "Construction is expected to cost over ¥9 trillion (approximately $82 billion) and commenced in 2014."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chūō_Shinkansen

Chūō Shinkansen - Wikipedia

Show threadPhantasus 🏳️‍🌈 56m ago
@Rainmaker1973 Imagine theoretical further speed increases. People standing at a bridge attending the arrival of the bypassing train, but the train is so fast, that they didn't notice really that the train passed by.