581 km/h: Japan tests world's fastest train

[joebloggs]

Japan is resuming trial runs for the world's fastest magnetic-levitation train that will complement the Shinkansen bullet-train network when ready in 2027.



Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-news/581-kmh-japan-tests-worlds-fastest-train-20130829-2sshp.html#ixzz2dSDyedtZ

[Terpe]

I would love to have been involved in that project.
I did have involvement on Mag-Lev systems during the early days but it's not really Railway Engineering as I know it.

My qualification and experience relates to the systems around steel wheel on steel rail.
There'll still be plenty of that traditional business for many decades to come :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Still miss the excitment of working on such projects. :smile:

[joebloggs]

i read something in the metro about a train using magnets from nearly 200yrs ago :yikes:

found it , look at this peter :biggrin:

http://www.cosmonline.co.uk/supersonic-vacuum-train

[Terpe]

i read something in the metro about a train using magnets from nearly 200yrs ago :yikes:

found it , look at this peter :biggrin:

http://www.cosmonline.co.uk/supersonic-vacuum-train

I like that, great picture. Makes a nice poster :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Here's another:-

http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/sci0404train_730x500.jpg

Vacuum Tube Train A 4,000-mph magnetically levitated train could allow you to have lunch in Manhattan and still get to London in time for the theater, despite the 5-hour time difference. It’s not impossible: Norway has studied neutrally buoyant tunnels (concluding that they’re feasible, though expensive), and Shanghai is running maglev trains to its airport. But supersonic speeds require another critical step: eliminating the air—and therefore air friction—from the train’s path