The World’s First Intercity Maglev Train

[Rickiye]

I recall watching something about this in the past, if I recall correctly that the reason why maglev hasn't taken off yet is the track & maglev train construction costs are astronomical in comparison to other current modes.

[MarkusAT]

Fact checking that "lower maintenance cost" would be highly advised

[MikesTropicalTech]

I just went from Barcelona to Madrid and back on an AVE train doing 300 kph on conventional rails. Smooth as glass.

[_lonath_]

Meanwhile Melbourne Australia has a mere 60km long train normal track project planned to finish 50 Years in the future

[venkateshnaidu]

30 km in 8 mins is pretty darn impressive!

[krism]

I saw the maglev test run in Yamanashi last April in Japan. It's awesome! And I also remember when I was in 4th year highschool in the Philippines, my physics teacher mentioned this maglev project in Japan that time. That's the first time i heard it. Imagine up to now Japan is still working on it. I'm 34 years old now. Japan is really thinking way ahead of time 👌🏽💯😊

[mururoa]

See? The Hyperloop does exist! Just without the stupid tube, and with more passengers. 😉👍

[stevencross]

Japan : our trains don’t even touch the ground and stay on the track
USA : our trains fall off the track at 40 mph and a slight turn

[spooky]

That’s roughly 311 MPH for those wondering.

[nagasako]

Japan unlocking public 300mph Maglev lines. USA still working at 75mph Amtrak on standard gauge.

[artcurious]

I rode the Shanghai Maglev and it was very smooth. true its really short and should be extended to the Shanghai highspeed rail station but its a good proof of concept.

Meanwhile the USA has exactly 0 trains running at or above 200km/hr

[kruppstahl]

The Maglev Train from Shanghai was originally developed in Germany, see "Transrapid" 🙂

[qwertyuiopzxcvbnm]

The Shanghai Maglev during certain times in the day goes at 431 kph and during other times at 300 kph. With the 431 kph it is the world's fastest land vehicle accessible to the public. That's nice but at the moment, Maglev technology isn't widely used yet and it's hard to predict the future. Let's hope that all engineers working on transport quickly make faster land travel possible for more people

[christophercoleman]

Meanwhile. US roads are full of potholes, our bridges are collapsing, and our passenger trIns are a pathetic joke.

[wompstopm]

only in japan where people are not gonna steal the copper can you have this luxury

[Nighthawk-]

Can't imagine if somebody was just on the railroad, wouldn't even see it coming, would just turn to mist

[damagedathecore]

I saw part of this maglev track running past Mt Fuji. Can't wait to ride it someday 🚄

[impressiveprogressive]

If America had a high speed rail it would open up so many possibilities, imagine getting up in the morning going to rail station and taking a train some 400 miles in under and hour, go to work, get off and take the train home.
A person could technically live in NC and have a job NY or Philly or maybe even Ga.

[kittywabbit]

The reason why we have few Maglevs is because of the infrastructure not the trains themselves, all the railroad tracks that's been already set needs to be redesigned to accommodate it. It's going to be financially astronomical to replace all of it, specially that the current tracks work just fine

[bigqandlil]

As Japanese, im very sad this project is delayed unbelievably. But good news, the governor who had been only one denying this project was retired.