Watch the ENTIRE video before commenting: MAGLEV train "capable" of 3,500 km/h (theoretically if inside a vacuum tunnel) High Speed magnetic levitation train.
Thats an experience I'd prefer so you can see the scenery and hear the tjuff tjuff tjuff from the steem pushing the train forward, but high speed trains would be good for longdistance travel so I like both :)
Where, Dylan? Except as mobile museum pieces, AFAIK there are no steam locos on any railways in Oz any more. But when trains like the 3801 run, they create enormous public interest.
The fathers of all nowadays in use maglev systems are: Hermann Kemper, Hans Georg Raschbichler, G. Steinmetz. They founded the basis of what is since the 1970´s called Transrapid. A system that is currently only in China in use since 2003, known as Shanghai SMT, the vehicles and the technology is made in Germany.
Pay attention! The Maglev trains do NOT go 3,500km/h, they ONLY go that fast when there is no air resistance, no air. (The description says so as well!) But because maglevs work where there is air, their max speed is generally lower then what it is. If I remember, maglev trains go about 500km/h in normal air conditions and air resistance (wind may also effect speed).
I don’t know when you posted this but finally someone who actually knows what they are talking about, I’d get it it the creator meant 350kmh but come on the current record is only 602kmh
+Andrew B It would not necessarily be faster, but certainly more feasible ;-) Watching this with hindsight, it appears just ludicrous. "the Transrapid's problem is: the tracks are too expensive. Our suggestion: put the tracks in vacuum tubes, increasing the price even further" I sure would have loved to have a transcontinental mag-lev train. But unless someone comes up with a cheaper track design, it stays science fiction.
It doesn't just sound like science fiction, it is science fiction. The Chinese has the longest commercial system in the world, from downtown Shanghai to Shanghai airport, a distance of 20 miles. They planned to extend it by 200 miles south but at the last minute, changed the project to conventional high-speed rail. No reason given. The technology's been around for over 20 years. There has to be a reason why it's not being used.
Pretty much only because there are so many conventional railways built already that it is financially unreasonable to make a separate one for a new train or two.
Japan just did first Maglev public test on 22nd September 2014, it reached 500 km/h. Congrats! The driverless maglev train utilizes a high-tech propulsion system called the “L-Zero” system that first brings the train to a speed of 160 km/hour. Upon reaching 160 km/hour, the train initiates the maglev system and slowly accelerates to 500 km/hour, JR Tokai said.
There was a British version in the 1960's, tested in Earith Cambridgeshire. It could accelerate to 100mph and to rest again in a mile of track. That was pretty fast in those days. The technology was there but the track design had problems, which is why it was being tested in that fen landscape. However, the Beeching cuts of the late 1960's stopped it in its tracks (pun intended). I believe the original 'locomotive' is on display somewhere near Peterborough.
Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a system of train transportation that uses two sets of magnets: one set to repel and push the train up off the track, and another set to move the elevated train ahead, taking advantage of the lack of friction. Along certain "medium-range" routes (usually 320 to 640 km [200 to 400 mi]), maglev can compete favourably with high-speed rail and airplanes.
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for everyone saying the TGV is faster at like ~570 km/h, that is when they did the world record attempt, where this train beat it and did around 600 km/h. This video refers to the max service speed, which is a lot less for both trains, and this maglev train is still faster.
I think the real issue is that the 574kph TGV was _highly_ modified, as was the track (the catenary was highly over-tensioned IIRC) for the record run. It wouldn't be practical in revenue service. The JR maglev on the other hand, did its fastest run in a configuration which is very similar to what they'll use in revenue service. One big advantage of maglev is that maintenance issues are easier/cheaper, as there's far less track/catenary/etc wear from operation (doesn't touch track, no catenary) and (especially with JR's tech) the train is more forgiving and so doesn't require the fine track tolerances that steel-wheel HSR does....
The 'normal' version of the TGV could reach 515 Km/h in earlier tests. But operating it at that speed would not be economical, so the normal speed is limited at around 320 Km/h.
@@MacXpert74 definitely wrong, read what Made wrote about it abovethe track was sloping, the track bed was specially reinforced, the locomotive had a special transmission ratio, there were only a few wagons the overhead line had a special contact wire and some more. But the best thing is - the track had to be completely renewed afterwards! In regular operation, the trains hardly go more than 250 - 270 km/h and yet, then only a short distance. Super technology.
I've been on the one in Shanghai, we hit 401kmh. It was pretty damn cool, but it was only when the other train passed us that we got a true sense of the speed
***** You're right, Sweden is more technologically advanced than norway. But if you look at any list of the most developed countries, Norway is overall #1.
Jason Axford In a vacuum a Fiat Multipla could reach upwards of 3500mph if you adjust the transmission. I don't believe they are actually working on vacuum tube tracks. The regular magnetic trains are already absurdly expensive.
IsawUupThere I doubt the components would be made to tolerances capable of preventing a catastrophic failure. Apart from that, nothing unknown is in your comment.
They also need to think about the wildlife living near such tracks in my book, with how animals often have greater hearing and perceptive capabilities than humans!!!!!!!
Operating from tubes would certainly solve the bird and wind blown debris problem. I'm wondering if there are any plans for aircraft to take off and land on a maglev runway? Excellent report Chris Barrie (gives Rimmer salute).
So wrong - dropping it through the atmosphere wouldnt even reach the 500 kph as air is whats stopping it the most (the motor forward forces can already be bigger than gravity), you need vacuum to reach bigger speeds..
***** boohoo, my inferior mind of a 11 year old was not aware of that. I wish however I stuck with Science/Engineering since that young age. My teachers were awful and my interest in Science simply dropped until I discovered some amazing people on RU-vid at the age of 16/17 (Jason Silva, Neil deGrasse, Michio Kaku, Jacque Fresco, AsapScience, Vsauce etc)...
Germany and China have normal conduction(Maglev) Japan is superconductive(SCMaglev) Research started from normal conduction in 1962 and reached superconductivity
Henry James I guess I might have misunderstood the question. Were you asking about how it could decelerate from 3500km/h with a reasonable stop length? Because that I don't know.
I am glad some countries can use this British invention. the BSC Consulting group recommended the underground could be turned into a full maglev system by 2020. But there is little investment in this direction from any polition in London.instead they are still investing in outdated technology in a high maintence rail infrastructure.
in reality (once again) you're both wrong. a train is just a group of railway cars connected to a locomotive that pulls/pushes them along a rail/track (in this case the track pulls and pushes the whole train at the same time) so a train doesnt need wheels to be considered a train
Originally, a train is a transportation machine with rolling wheels on rails, with the arrival of new inventions like., the term has been adapted and expanded.
I've been on the Shanghai train a number of times. It has slightly disconcerting side to side oscillation. Some of the services top 400 kph but mostly they run in the 300s. Choose carefully for a very fast one service.
I don't want to ride the train I just want to stand incredibly close on the station as it passes. The normal 110km/h trains in Australia are intense enough to stand next to, imagine these 500/600km/h ones in Germany etc...
Yes, very fast... and an instant killer of birds and animals. But, can it withstand earthquakes? How quick can it stop in an emergency? Speeding is good but there are unexpected risks. And... 3,500 kph, did you say?? That's impossible! Wow betide those poor birds who fly in the path of this monster. They are not telling you that, but I know.
If its in a vacuum it is actually possible, theres no stopping force (no resistance) and considering air is the only resistant force on a Maglev, (just like in space) such speeds could 'potentially' be achieved
3,500 km/h = 2174.79917 Mile/Hour (mph) I'm not sure that I understand how they plan to do well over Mach 1 safely. I mean can you imagine hitting a bird at over 2,000 mph? The glass had better be durable, otherwise you have a bird ripping through the first two cabins of the train at Macn 1 :D.
1. Building a vacuum tube would be crazy expensive, and using it would be quite dangerous. 2. Cornering speed would still have to be limited to something quite modest.
sorry for responding too late i just got the video recommended it is cause we can t create perfect vaccums since the best we reached is 100 atoms in a square meter and even is a perfect vaccum it wont be able to go over some speeds cause that needs more power
Vehicles in a vacuum tunnel move 3 times faster. So if it can do 1,166kph then it can do 3500kph. I suppose the closest to this would be the Hyperloop.
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The video is completely wrong. JR's maglev uses both attraction and repulsion - and there are no magnets in the track whatsoever. The magnets are all in the walls, with 2 rows. The bottom row pushes and pulls the train. The top row pulls the train up slightly, keeping it off the track. The opposing magnets on the side of the train are superconducting and rapidly alternate their polarization. When the train reaches 100kmph, the wheels are retracted. It's the fastest passenger-capable train in existence.
heyy! actually the reason the Japanese are making the trains stay on test tracks for so darn long (in fact, until 2025) is because they're doing an intensive study on the JR maglev to ensure the 4 big factors: safety, comfort, puctuality and reliability. y'know, the Japanese are making through decisions about their trains
I can see a serious safety flaw with the electrostatic magnets in practice, if electricity is cut (power failure or lightning strike) the motion of the train would stop instantly on a dime, as all of the huge train magnets would stick to the train rails, sending the passengers through the windows at 700 miles per hour!
1974 to be exact, on Larry King show. We could have built vacuum maglev trains that would achieve speeds of 2000 miles per hour back then. Today, ET3 has touted speeds of 4000 miles per hour (as this system would use capsules in vacuum tubes as opposed to actual full sized trains) - which in turn lowers the amount of resources needed to build everything
The reason it's hardly used is because tickets in Europe or the US would be super expensive. These trains cost a fortune , also in operation. The maglev shuttle in China is just a prestige project, it's not even such a long track.
Note: Speak to VIA Rail and Ontario Northlander (To revive The Northlander service and abolish Bus service) to use Maglev rolling stock for fast service
Maglev. Invented by the Great British Inventor, Eric Laithwaite with the world's first commercial maglev train opened in 1984 in Birmingham. It travelled 600m at only 42km/h and was closed in 1995 because of reliability and design problems.
The first maglev that ran on high speed again was the German Transrapid 06 in 1988 with already 412km/h. The predecessor Transrapid 07 reached 450km/h in 1993. The Transrapid 08 then, up until today in service as Shanghai SMT, reached 501km/h in 2003.
