Japanese Maglev Train Travels At 590kmph, Breaks Its Own & Global Speed Record

The bad news however comes with the disclosure that commuters wonât be enjoy this staggering speed when the Japanese company opens up the train service for the in public in the year 2027. Once the company sets up the train tracks between Tokyo and Nagoya (352kms) the speeds will be limited to 505 kilometres per hour instead of 590kmph. Even with a 313 mph speed, the journey duration from the aforementioned cities will be reduced to 40 minutes which as #-Link-Snipped-# points out is less than half the time required by the current generation of bullet trains.
The Japanese are so convinced by their prowess that they are even planning to export the maglev train technology to the US. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be proposing the construction of a high-speed train link between Washington DC and New York when he travels to the United States on the 26th of this month.
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