I Am Awesome » speed http://iamawesome.net Pretending the Internet cares about me since 2009. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:14:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Japan: Still Awesome – Even Faster Trains http://iamawesome.net/2009/04/japan-still-awesome-%e2%80%93-even-faster-trains/ http://iamawesome.net/2009/04/japan-still-awesome-%e2%80%93-even-faster-trains/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:27:29 +0000 conigs http://iamawesome.net/?p=356 picture_4As if 175MPH trains aren’t enough for Japan, their newest endeavour would produce a 200MPH Shinkansen successor called the E5 (pictured) in 2011. What? Still not fast enough for you? How about a 310MPH maglev train planned for 2025?

Need perspective? The fastest Amtrak is the Acela Express which, at maximum, reaches 150MPH on a 35 mile stretch between Boston and New Haven. Otherwise, it tops out at 135MPH between Boston and Washington, D. C.

When I was in Japan in 2004, I was already in awe of a rail system that moved as fast as it’s other ability which seems to escape systems in the US: on-time trains.

Seriously, some day I’m going to move to Japan. Some day…

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