Japan: World's fastest train 603km/h - BBC News

A Japanese magnetic levitation train has broken the world speed record. In a test run near Mount Fuji, the train reached a top speed of 603km/h (374mph).

[nisfornick]

The current projection for shortest travel time on the Chuo Shinkansen, from Tokyo to Osaka, is estimated to be 67 minutes. That's a distance of 438 kilometers. Incredible.

[NM-smwi]

Wow this is 9 years ago?! Japan is way ahead of its time!

[mishraappy]

Japan is one of the hi-tech countries in the world❤

[hansinamagasaki]

It can get 700kph but there is not enough length of the test course. The difficulty is not how to get that speed, the difficulty is how to stop the train safely from that high speed. Test course is only 42.8km long and it used 22km to get 603kph, it needs to keep the rest of 20km to stop it safely. If it's 20km longer, it can get 700kph or even 800kph.

[starwarsrebel]

Japan invented the world's first bullet train in 1964 and it was unveiled at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. It had a top speed of 120 mph which was way faster than any other country's trains in the world at that time.

[iSanjit]

Hats off to Japanese technology 😘🇮🇳 love from India🚄👏🇯🇵

[Romulan]

This fantastic Japanese technology makes the British railway look like complete shit.

[megapet]

It's crazy to think that TGV train has gone just 30 km/h slower than this, but on regular train tracks.

[devashishkumar]

Great. Incredible Japan.❤ Tons of love from India..

[pablomuerta]

Mom : Make sure u don't missed the train.
Son : mom I'm already arrived.

[kimjong-un]

*It has shattered the French TGV record. Although the French TGV is a conventional rail whereas this is a maglev (magnetic levitated).*

[wqmnytd]

The governor of Shizuoka Prefecture is blocking the opening of the Linear Shinkansen.

[sh]

This train is so used to speed that it still moves at 75 km/hr when the power is off and the brakes are pulled.

[olemann]

Its so amazing to see that streak across the countryside.
So fast.. looks like an arrow

[champaris]

It does make the TGVs pass for old rust buckets in comparison, that acceleration is really short

[motioyu]

I can't believe that it was shoot 9 years ago and it's still been under construction due to dispute between JR Tokai and Shizuoka pref. where the train’s traveling through on the center of the new line.
Almost all of Japanese people hope that its issue will be solved as soon as possible and try to experience this wonderful technology.

[paulthomas]

Wether the train runs at 600 kph or 1 kph the earthquake will strike when it has to strike - and could be the speed of the train could help to get passengers to safety faster - Speed counts and with some proper controls I feel this will be the future of rail transport - well done to Japan !

[Nazar]

Indeed the fastest train in the world! With him, no sports car can not be compared for speed!

[darcyblack]

It would have been a fast blur of less than a millisecond as it flew past the station. 🇯🇵 🌹💖

[jaybuck]

As a Japanese, this is the reason I always wake up 2 minutes before the start of my shift