A maglev's guideway has a long line of electromagnets. These pull the train from the front and push it from behind. The electromagnets are powered by controlled alternating currents, continually propelling the train forward
Guideway
Train
Support
magnet
Guidance
magnets
Maglev services are planned between Tokyo and Nagoya with a journey time of just 40 minutes
373mph was reached along a test track near Mount Fuji
Tokyo
Nagoya
Osaka
Modern Shinkansen (bullet) trains
run at up to 200mph, covering the
Tokyo to Osaka journey in ...
2 hrs 25 min
By 2045 the planned Chuo Shinkansen
Maglev will cut this journey time to ...
1 hr 7min
A maglev's guideway has a long line of electromagnets. These pull the train from the front and push it from behind. The electromagnets are powered by controlled alternating currents, continually propelling the train forward
373mph was reached along a test track near Mount Fuji
Tokyo
Nagoya
Osaka
Modern Shinkansen (bullet) trains run at up to 200mph, covering the Tokyo to Osaka journey in ...
Maglev services are planned between Tokyo and Nagoya with a journey time of just 40 minutes
Guideway
Train
Support
magnet
Guidance
magnets
1 hr 7min
2 hrs 25 min
By 2045 the planned Chuo
Shinkansen Maglev will cut this
journey time to ...