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Japan Railway Journal S2E4 — Superconducting Maglev: The Extreme Speeds of Tomorrow

Japan Railway Journal•Season 2•Episode 4

Superconducting Maglev: The Extreme Speeds of Tomorrow

Apr 7, 201628 min

Traveling at 500km/h, the Superconducting Maglev will connect Tokyo to Nagoya in just 40 minutes and is planned to begin commercial service in 2027. To achieve such extreme speeds, magnetic levitation is used to lift the train 10cm above the guideway. See the cutting-edge technology

Directed byTetsuya Tsukada

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Cast2

Russell Totten

Russell Totten

Self - Presenter

Ryo Takagi

Ryo Takagi

Self - Professor, Kogakuin University

Crew7

N

Nobuo Kojima

Executive Producer

S

Shuichi Murakami

Editor

H

Hajime Yoda

Executive Producer

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Tetsuya Tsukada

Director

Y

Yuji Kuga

Camera Operator

Y

Yoshinobu Aita

Sound

S

Shingo Yokoyama

Producer

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Episode Summary

"Superconducting Maglev: The Extreme Speeds of Tomorrow" is episode 4 of Japan Railway Journal season 2. Directed by Tetsuya Tsukada, it aired on April 7, 2016.

Next: E5 · Ekiben: A True Rail Traveling Companion Best of Season 2