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Japanese Maglev Train Hits 500kph
An anonymous reader writes Japan has now put 100 passengers on a Maglev train doing over 500kph. That's well over twice as fast as the fastest U.S. train can manage, and that only manages 240kph on small sections of its route. The Japanese Shinkansen is now running over 7 times times as fast as the average U.S. express passenger train. 500kph is moving towards the average speed of an airliner. Add the convenience of no boarding issues, and city-centre to city-centre travel, and the case for trains as mass-transport begins to look stronger.
Japan has now put 100 passengers on a Maglev train doing over 500kph.
Were they volunteers?
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Challenge accepted!
What? People working together to build something they all benefit from instead of everyone trying to rip everyone else off?
THAT'S COMMUNISM!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.