World's Fastest Trains

The World's Fastest Trains: The rails now have a new champion. Japan's magnetic levitation train reached a new record with an 603 speed per hour.

Rails now have a new champion. The magnetic levitation train of the Japanese reached a speed of 603 kilometers per hour, setting a new record. Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) refers to a physical concept that means that the object is suspended in the air with the help of a conductor with a power equal to or greater than the gravitational force. In this method, friction is largely eliminated as the train hovers without contacting the magnetic rails. When the train reaches its maximum speed, the passengers feel as if they are traveling by plane. Yasukazu Endo, director of the test center, says the faster the train moves, the stronger it is. The lucky people who will be the passengers of the first voyage, which is planned to run at a speed of 2027 kilometers per hour on the Tokyo-Nagoya line in 500, have already been selected. 8 kilometers in 30,5 minutes The "Shanghai Transrapid" currently in use is the fastest train in the world. This system uses the same magnetic levitation technology as the system in Japan, and its speed can reach up to 430 kilometers per hour. The train picks up passengers from outside Shanghai and transports them to the airport. The time it covered the 30.5 kilometer road is only 8 minutes. Among the traditional wheeled trains, the speed leader is still the French TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) high speed train service, which broke the world speed record with a speed of 2007 km / h in 574. The multiple engines of the five-carriage train were designed to provide the energy needed to break this record. However, due to friction-induced maintenance costs, the speed of normal TGV trains usually does not exceed 320 kilometers per hour. Harmony powered by electricity Another train using multiple engine units is the “Harmony CRH 380A”. However, the feature of this system is that it works only with electricity. In a test drive in 2010, the CRH 380A reached a speed of 486 kilometers per hour. Passengers using the line between Beijing and Shanghai have to settle at a speed of 380 kilometers per hour for now. Germany regained its railroad reputation when the speed of the German ICE high-speed train service between Hanover and Würzburg in 1988 reached 406.9 kilometers per hour. However, the speed of the ICE goes up to a maximum of 250 kilometers per hour to keep maintenance costs low. Limited speed and maintenance is not the only problem trains face in Germany. Frequent strikes have become the biggest nightmare of rail transport in Germany. Due to strikes on German Railways, trains are not moving from time to time.