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..
@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.
The solution is to build more traditional high-speed rail. Not maglev.
Depends on what is wanted.
China is experimenting with Maglev, and has built a working demonstration line.
The fast trains presently run around
200 to 350 Kmh. Upcoming CR450 has a service design speed of 400Kph.
Shanghai to Beijing, G type, trains, the worlds fastest in daily service
1,318 km's (819 mi) distance in 4.5 - 7.5 hours daily and are very punctual
Example
G35 19:24 - 23:51=4h27m
@Kerplunk @Rainmaker1973 China is also a vastly different country than any European country, in so many ways.
True, it is Huge, very diverse, everything from 30 years ahead technological life to traditional villages.
It also differs in that China has not embraced Austerity.
For the vast majority of its over 1.4 Billion life has greatly improved over the last 35 years.
That makes it very clearly opposite to Europe and fascist usa where life is getting steadily worse
Massimo 
Kerplunk
Tor Lillqvist
Janne Ojaniemi