Comments on: Maglev Trains Between Tokyo & Osaka

By: current time osaka

current time osaka — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:56:34 +0000

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By: The Overthinker

The Overthinker — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:36:44 +0000

The Nozomi basically is non-stop Tokyo-Osaka.

By: SP

SP — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:48:44 +0000

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.

By: tkyosam

tkyosam — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:13:24 +0000

Isn’t it only 2 hr. 30 min. trai ride from Tokyo to Osaka?

How much faster are they saying this train will be?

By: TofuUnion

TofuUnion — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:27:15 +0000

Yeah, everybody is worrying about high oil price, weak US$ and potential US recession. Please someone stop it.

By: Turner

Turner — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:55:55 +0000

It could go even faster if they didn’t have to deal with noise ordinances.

By: The Overthinker

The Overthinker — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:23:05 +0000

I wonder what oil would be in adjusted dollars, taking into account the drop in the US$?

By: TofuUnion

TofuUnion — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:28:14 +0000

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).

By: David

David — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:48:02 +0000

They’ve been talking about that for decades already. Maybe if oil stays above $100 permanently they can actually make it cost effective.