The train was operated on a test course constructed in Yamanashi prefecture in central Japan. The previous record of 581 kilometers per hour was set in December 2003. A spokeswoman at the company, known as JR Central, said the new record is likely to be short-lived, since the next test ride on Tuesday might see the train break 600 kilometers per hour.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to talk up Japans train prowess on a visit to the U.S. starting April 26. Mr. Abes trip includes a stop in California, which is planning a high-speed rail line.
JR Central has said it wants to export the maglev technology to the U.S. for a Washington-New York train linka project Mr. Abe has said Japan would help finance.
According to JR Central, the test run was conducted to check the performance of the cars and had 29 technicians aboard. Passengers wont experience the record-breaking speed even after the line opens for business, which is supposed to happen in 2027. The company has projected that the trains will operate at a maximum speed of 505 kilometers per hour.
#4. To: Willie Green, VxH, Liberator, redleghunter (#0)
I almost forgot have any of you guys seen the movie Suicide Club/Suicide Circle??
It's a Japanese movie about the stress of everyday life in Japan and ways the people there decide to end it all. Part of the plot is 54 teenage girls all jump at once in front of a speeding train and commit mass suicide.
Guess that helps explain some peoples fascination with fast trains.
Have any of you guys seen the movie Suicide Club/Suicide Circle??
It's a Japanese movie about the stress of everyday life in Japan and ways the people there decide to end it all.
Part of the plot is 54 teenage girls all jump at once in front of a speeding train and commit mass suicide. Guess that helps explain some peoples fascination with fast trains.
What a cheery movie!
Wow...like lemmings, all these teenage girls actually planned a collective leap in front of an oncoming train? See?? This does indeed proves that fast trains ARE a necessity -- it's not as though these 54 suicidal teenage girls could toss themselves in front of a speeding Corvette and accomplish the same mission.
So...now trains can be considered a means to economic AND physical suicide!
This does indeed proves that fast trains ARE a necessity
They could also be used as a means of mass executions for those who speak out against the new "Fuhrer of the Wacked out Leftard States of North America". Just line them up on the tracks and the drivers won't even be able to see the faces of the victims cause they're going to fast.
And I can't wait till all of the "useful idiots" who went along with them get thrown under the bus (train) when their usefulness has come to an end. Cause contrary to what the "useful idiots" think they "ARE NOT" going to share in the spoils of what just got created/ruined.
#32. To: Liberator, CZ82, Willie Green, redleghunter (#6)
So...now trains can be considered a means to economic AND physical suicide!
Well, then American competitors - Japan, China and Europe followed by other lemmings will develop super-fast trains and countless other weird inventions in order to collapse. America will reemerge as unquestionable economic and technological world leader. You should gloat.