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		bsaul on Nov 16, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan's levitating maglev train reaches 500km/h Tgv beat that speed many years ago, on rails : http://youtu.be/8skXT5NQzCg

dllu on Nov 16, 2014 | [–]

Maglev also beat that speed many years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_speed_record_for_rail_veh...

In 2003 the Japanese maglev test train running on the same test track reached 581 km/h. It was not until 2007 that the TGV reached 574 km/h.

VeejayRampay on Nov 16, 2014 | [–]

Better yet, IIRC TGV achieved 380km/h 35 years ago.

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