Magnetic levitation train broke the record 12 years ago and has a top speed 590 km / h

Japanese railway company JR Tokai announced another successful test maglev - magnetic levitation train: the composition of the seven cars drove 19 seconds at a speed of 590 kilometers per hour, beating the previous record - on the same test section of the path в speed maglev 2003 amounted to 581 km / h .





Magnetic levitation train is held over the roadbed with a magnetic field without touching the rail. This eliminates friction between the train and the web. Among the advantages of this mode of transport - the highest speed, low power consumption and low noise level. Problem - the lack of infrastructure and the high cost of creating a rut. Work on magnetic levitation train began in 1970 years.

In Japan, the tests were carried out on the test track in Yamanashi Prefecture. Path length - 18 kilometers, during which time the train series L0 («L-zero») managed to accelerate to 590 kilometers per hour and drive as 19 seconds, сообщает The Wall Street Journal . The developers claim that soon dispersed composition of up to 600 km / h.

Between the cities of Tokyo and Nagoya is the construction of commercial lines magnetic levitation train, its completion is scheduled for 2027 - the length of the road will be 286 kilometers, which maglev will travel in 40 minutes. Now train "Shinkansen" overcome this path for about 78 minutes. Car rides from one city to another in 3 hours 49 minutes.

The Japanese often use railways per person. There are five railway companies, the total length of roads - 27,182 kilometers . The fastest train at the moment - "Shinkansen", they reach speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour.

L0 tests in 2014.



Photography inside the train, 2014 .







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