Maglev Trains Between Tokyo & Osaka
Ready for ultra-fast maglev trains between Tokyo and Osaka? They’re on their way, but it will take almost 20 years:
A new shinkansen line between Tokyo and Osaka using magnetically levitated (Maglev) trains, which is expected to begin operations in 2025, will start from either Tokyo Station or Shinagawa Station, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) officials said.
The company had been considering selecting the starting station of the line from among Tokyo, Shinagawa and Shin-Yokohama stations.
Moreover, JR Tokai intends to limit the number of stations in the middle of the new Chuo Shinkansen Line to ensure long-distance passengers can travel in a short period of time. The current Tokaido Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka will mainly serve short-distance passengers and will make more stops.
More details on the new Linear Chuo Shinkansen can be found at this site.
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They’ve been talking about that for decades already. Maybe if oil stays above $100 permanently they can actually make it cost effective.
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I wonder what oil would be in adjusted dollars, taking into account the drop in the US$?
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Yeah, everybody is worrying about high oil price, weak US$ and potential US recession. Please someone stop it.
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I personally find it very positive about this Meglev Train Plan.(Although the travel time is about the same as airplane, Meglev Train can move with energy far less than airplane.) I hope this will contribute to technology innovation and economy boost.
I think the plan became possible since the superconductivity power line was developed that can send the mass electric power for generating powerful magnetism (by the minimum energy loss).
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It could go even faster if they didn’t have to deal with noise ordinances.
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Isn’t it only 2 hr. 30 min. trai ride from Tokyo to Osaka?
How much faster are they saying this train will be?
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Is this really necessary? The shinkasen is already plenty convienient enough, and how many homes are they going to need to buy up and knock down to make way for the railroad? Something about this project just seems totally unncecessary… I also wonder how it would get enough customers to be profitable because the shinkansen already is the main form of transportation that businessmen and regular people take when traveling between Osaka and Tokyo. If it is cheaper and faster, I could see it being popular, but if the opposite is true, then I cannot imagine what JapanRail is thinking,,, Well, as they said, it is still decades away, and for all I know there may not be a shinkansen anymore when they get around to building it.
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