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- Season 2 Seven Stars in Kyushu: The Local Revitalizing Cruise Train
- Season 2 Second Chances for Used Trains in Southeast Asia
- Season 2 Earthquake Safety: What 5 Years Has Taught Us
- Season 2 Superconducting Maglev: The Extreme Speeds of Tomorrow
- Season 2 Ekiben: A True Rail Traveling Companion
- Season 2 Premium Express Shimakaze: A Train of Dreams to Reality
- Season 2 The Cat Stationmaster Who Rescued a Railway
- Season 2 New Generation Express: Journey to Speed and Comfortability
- Season 2 The Future of Rail Freight Transport
- Season 2 Kyoto Railway Museum: The Story of Rail Transport in Japan
- Season 2 Light Rail Vehicles: Modern Trams Reshaping Urban Transit
- Season 2 Keikyu: The Strive for World-Class Rail Operation
- Season 2 World-Class Maintenance: The Backbone of Shinkansen Operations
- Season 2 Railways Back on Track: Six Months After the Kumamoto Earthquakes
- Season 2 Future Prospects Made in the Past: JR East's Steam Loco Strategy
- Season 2 Picking Up the Pace: JR Shikoku's Tactics for Survival
- Season 2 The Seeds of Success: Kyoto's Sagano Scenic Railway
Japan Railway Journal - Season 2 Episode 4 Superconducting Maglev: The Extreme Speeds of Tomorrow
8.00 28 minutes 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 used to safely operate ultra-high speed services, and experience the world of 500km/h rail travel as we report from the 42km-long Yamanashi Maglev Test Line.
