From Japan to the US to Europe, if Victorian-era engineers could see where rail travel is heading, they’d be astounded.
If, by sleight of time-travel, you could show a modern railway to one of the Victorian pioneers who so steered the concept, they would surely shrink backwards into their stiff suits and stern expressions, astounded at the wonders before them.
Japan’s Chūō Shinkansen will use the advanced “maglev” technology, which propels trains by electromagnetic force.Whatever the exact completion dates, the results will be swift. A 43-km stretch of the line, the Yamanashi Test Track, has been a crucial part of the development work. On April 21 2015, it set a new fastest speed for manned rail transport, when a seven-carriage train was catapulted along it at speeds of up to 600 km/h.
The project is not universally loved. There have been protests on both sides of the border since it was announced in 1990, and its enormous cost has raised regular hackles. Nonetheless, it will be fast. Trains will race between Lyon and Turin in one hour, 47 minutes, at up to 225 km/h, more than halving the present journey time.The American railway has tumbled away from the boom era of the 19th century, lines spreading west as a new nation expanded rapidly.
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