Japanese railway operator to license maglev tech to US for free

Re:Japanese railway operator to license maglev tech to US fo... by bdunbar on Saturday April 12, 2014 @12:02PM (#7578183)

This is true.

But the requirement to arrive 90 minutes before departure time is not a problem with the vehicle but the bureaucracy and security apparatus around it.

True Story: while I like to arrive well before a flight (just in case) when I was younger it was not unheard of to arrive at the airport _minutes_ before flight departure and simply stroll down the causeway, and onto the flight.

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Re:Japanese railway operator to license maglev tech to US fo... by walshemj on Saturday April 12, 2014 @12:27PM (#7578272)

I could walk into the heathrow terminal for edinburgh plonk down my card buy a ticket walk into the lounge have a quick pint and be on a plane to ediburgh within 15/20 min

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Re:Japanese railway operator to license maglev tech to US fo... by handelaar on Saturday April 12, 2014 @12:46PM (#7578336)

Of course Heathrow itself is an hour from almost everywhere in central London, and Edinburgh Airport is 30 mins by road from Princes Street, so your 20 mins just became two hours.

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Re:Japanese railway operator to license maglev tech to US fo... by walshemj on Saturday April 12, 2014 @01:05PM (#7578397)

hmm used to be 30 mins in a taxi to haethrow and the train journy takes 5 hours.

And the british airways cream tea was amazing as it should be for >£200

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