Top 5 Trains of 2013.. 5) Japan’s Shinkasen (275 miles per hour):- Sinkashen- Covering all main trunk roads Shinkasen also known as Bullet trains broke the myth that only modern technology could bring a train to highest possible speed. Shinkasen with its traditional mode of transportation ranks among one the fastest running trains in the world. The compartments are class based and railway passes are applicable wherever necessary. Moreover there are 323 trains a day making travelling more convenient. It has the highest passenger holding capacity of around 14 million annually. Most importantly Shinkansen has maintained a flawless record of no passenger injuries so far due to any kind of train accident. 4) German’s Transrapid TR-09 (279 miles per hour):- A monorail technically which uses maglev technology and connects Sanghai to Pudong International Airport. It is the advanced design of TR-08 with huge development and luxury and a latest invention which has maximum speed with minimum power consumption and least maintenance requirement. It has implemented a special measure to reduce the interior noise level in the train. It has excellent chair coach with utmost luxury and comfort a transrapid system does not allow any direct competition. It is so very well equipped with modern technologies that it can make passenger connections even in geographically challenged surrounding. 3) CRH380 A CHINA (300 miles per hour):- “Sanghai to Hangzhou in just 45 min from now.” Amazing! CRH380 A is now the fastest train in China which got legalized to travel by land despite its high speed. It came into service since 2010 and provides a very easy journey from Beijing to Shanghai and also started providing daily service in Wuhan to Guangzhou route. Moreover the seating arrangement and the facilities served would make you feel like heaven. It has different class with premier quality. 2) TGV POS France (357.2 miles per hour):- Although the world’s fastest rain is run by the maglev technology but France’s TGV definitely holds a renowned position in the list of world’s fastest trains. Its impressive speed 574.8 km/hr was recorded during a trip from Paris to Strasbourg which automatically broke the wheeled rail speed record. France TVG is owned by French national railway corporation but the line is a part of Rail Europe which expands from North and East of France down to the Mediterranean Sea. But unfortunately this railway is not yet approved to serve the passenger or used for public use and thus the regular TGV is being utilized till now. 1) Japan’s JR- Maglev MLX01 (361 miles per hour):- JAPAN the benefactor of technology of the whole world again showed her power by winning the highest position in manufacturing the world’s fastest train with magnetic levitation technology. JR-Maglev MLX01 is manufactured and developed by the Central Japan Railway Company and Railway Technical Research Institute. It is a magnetic levitation train which attained a maximum speed of 581 km/hr (361 mph) during the test run and holds a world speed record for railed vehicles. MLX01 is also said to have broken the record of other maglev vehicles too. There are series of Maglev trains but MLX01 is the latest design with superconducting magnet bogie. Such breakneck speed of MLXo1 might pave the way in replacement of Japan’s famous Bullet Train.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:46:29 +0000
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