Comments on: Headlines: New Maglev Train Set to be Unveiled in Japan https://techsomogro.com/headlines-maglev-train-set-unveiled-japan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=headlines-maglev-train-set-unveiled-japan Science, Technology and the Future Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: lenrosen4 https://techsomogro.com/headlines-maglev-train-set-unveiled-japan/#comment-10127 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:11:00 +0000 http://www.21stcentech.com/?p=11377#comment-10127 Chris Miller. Ultimately the maglev will go to Osaka. The 95 minute reference comes from the press release put out by the rail company. In that same release they talk about the eventual extension beyond Tokyo which would mean the terminus is Osaka. But the completion date mentioned was 2035. Who knows what maglev technology will be like then and what speeds these trains will be capable of traveling?]]> In reply to Chris Miller.

Ultimately the maglev will go to Osaka. The 95 minute reference comes from the press release put out by the rail company. In that same release they talk about the eventual extension beyond Tokyo which would mean the terminus is Osaka. But the completion date mentioned was 2035. Who knows what maglev technology will be like then and what speeds these trains will be capable of traveling?

]]> By: Chris Miller https://techsomogro.com/headlines-maglev-train-set-unveiled-japan/#comment-10118 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 15:31:01 +0000 http://www.21stcentech.com/?p=11377#comment-10118 At a distance of 442 km between the two cities, assuming the track is fairly straight, and a 500 km/h cruising speed with three minutes’ acceleration and deceleration at either end, travel time should be somewhere in the area of 52-58 minutes. 95 minutes, with a 500 km/h cruising speed, would take the route well beyond Osaka. The 95 minutes given here implies a cruising speed well below 500…

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