World’s fastest train built by Central Japan Railways

Posted on 20 Apr 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
A rendering of the experimental maglev train moving at full speed. Image courtesy of Central Japan Railways.

Japanese private rail company Central Japan Railways (JR Central) announced yesterday that it had broken the world record for the fastest train speed.

The company constructed a seven-car maglev train which travelled at a top speed of 590 km/h (366 mph) for 19 seconds during a test using JR Central’s new LO-series cars. With this speed, the new train broke the previous world’s fastest train record, which had stood at 581 km/h. This prior record had also been set by the same…

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