Re:Japan's levitating maglev train reaches 500km/h
by momo-reina on Sunday November 16, 2014 @02:29AM
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In Japan, there are two independently developed maglev trains. One is HSST by Japan Airlines and the other, which is more well-known, is SCMaglev by the Central Japan Railway Company.
The development of the latter started in 1969, and Miyazaki test track had regularly hit 517 km/h (321 mph) by 1979 but, after an accident that destroyed the train, a new design was decided upon. -- Wikipedia
I'd say Japan got into the technology quite early...
The development of the latter started in 1969, and Miyazaki test track had regularly hit 517 km/h (321 mph) by 1979 but, after an accident that destroyed the train, a new design was decided upon. -- Wikipedia
I'd say Japan got into the technology quite early...