Friday, December 7, 2012

World's Fastest Train

 
As a mode of transportation these superfast trains have many advantages. Large payload power and most importantly with the same comfort, the resulting pollution could be less than a tenth of an airplane. This trains them are still using conventional wheels but with sophisticated machinery and latest technology superconducting magnetic levitation (maglev train) that float above the tracks.

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Tokaido Shinkansen - Japan
Japan surprised the world by launching a fast train Shinkansen (bullet train) in 1964 to serve the route Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka-Kyoto, and speed "only" about 201 km / h (in the year was already the most kenceng).
 
Trains WIN 350 Experimental:
JR E3

JR E4
Each track has its own names (Tokaido, Tohoku, etc.), and each type is identified with an epithet train (Nozomi, Hikari, etc.). Nearly 40 years since it first launched, the Shinkansen was carrying 6 billion passengers without a significant accident. Shinkansen route also has a very high frequency, such as the route Tokyo and Shin-Osaka that can pass through six trains per hour (not per day!).
JR 300
"Hikari" means "light", is the first service on the route Shinkansen Tokaido / Sanyo. Since the advent of Nozomi trains, currently provides mid-level with a few additional stops, but remained at a high speed. Hikari trains connecting Tokyo and Osaka in approximately 3 hours. His performance is more nuanced than the supersonic jet train, with a futuristic design and exceptional comfort.


Variations JR 500
Means "hope", Nozomi trains takes only 2.5 hours to travel from Tokyo-Osaka, and 5 hours to all destinations in the most southern island in Hakata (Fukuoka). Railway lines in Japan is supporting the commercial mobilization dense population in these areas, although to run any trains would cost up to $ 40 million.


JR 800 Series Gallery

Special "Storm Troopers":

JR-Maglev MLX01
The train is the kind of superconducting magnetic levitation train - Maglev (hovering over a magnetic rail) and the tested chemicals capable of reaching speeds of 581 km / h and has so far not been used commercially. China took a step forward with the first lebh operating maglev train this kind in 2004.
Fast trains France
Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) - French
Inaugurated in the early 80s, the TGV route Lyon and Paris, after the successful route is then added to other cities in France and even to other countries. The train is built by Alstrom SA - the company's second-biggest train maker in the world. TGV trains new generation of V-150 breaking the speed record for conventional wheeled trains at a speed of 515 km / h. This train uses a supercharged engine and has particularly large wheels. New record is now reaching 574.8 km / h (see here).


Fast Train Germany
InterCity Express (ICE)
In the early years of the 90s Germany inaugurated fast train to serve the route Hannover, Wurzburg, Mannheim and Stuttgart. The train is built by Siemens and reach speeds of 280 km / h.
Transrapid
Germany is also building its own Transrapid maglev train capable of reaching speeds of 550 km / h but unfortunately never had an accident in September 2006 near the town of Lathen, killing 23 passengers.
Maglev train Shanghai - China
Built with German technology, this train capable of reaching speeds up to 430 km / h and can carry passengers from Pudong international airport towards the Longyang Road Station in the city center in just 8 minutes.
Korean Train Express (KTX) - South Korea
In 2004 South Korea became the second country in Asia besides Japan that build fast rail line that connects several major cities. KTX Technology adopting TGV (the French fast train).
Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail - Taiwan
After several years of delays, finally Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail was inaugurated on January 5, 2008. Fast train was built by Japan's Shinkansen technology base and shorten the travel time from Taipei towards Kaoshiung to 90 minutes of the previous 4 hours.
Fast trains Italy
Direttissima

Italy officially launched the fast train to Rome and Florence route with a speed of 254 km / h.
Eurostar - United Kingdom


This fast train dioprasikan 1994 and serves the route from London to France and Belgium (via a tunnel under the sea). From London to Paris by train takes 2 hours 35 minutes. Its speed has reached 300 km / h.

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