Currently in Europe and China there is a process of crowding out air carriers by railway companies. To some extent this is due to the fact that the fastest trains in the world able to compete in speed with an airliner. Some modern railway cars have speeds exceeding 600 km / h, while some passenger aircraft accelerate in airspace to only 510 km / h (Yak-40). It was possible to achieve such high speed performance thanks to the innovative technology of magnetic suspension of trains. Ultrafast cars made using this technology are called maglev or magnetoplanes.
Top 10 entered the fastest trains in the world in the entire history of the existence of railways.
10. Transrapid 06 | Speed 412 km / h
Transrapid 06 (Germany) opens the top ten fastest trains in the world. Its predecessor, Transrapid 05, created in 1979, was the world's first magnetoplane. Transrapid 06 is a two-level muggle capable of gaining a maximum speed of 412 km / h. The record was set in January 1988.
9. Aerotrain I80HV | Speed 430 km / h
Aerotrain I80HV (France) ranks ninth in the top of the fastest trains in the world. The uniqueness of this experimental model was that the engineers did not use electric engines to start the machine, but a jet engine, similar to that installed on airplanes. The pilot project Aerotrain was developed from 1965 to 1977 by engineer Jean Bertin. The maximum speed shown by this train was 430 km / h. The tests took place on March 5, 1974. For 15 years, this world record could not be broken by any railway car. But then a series of TGV trains appeared, which surpassed the legendary Aerotrain I80HV in speed. Currently, the project has only one restored retro model Aerotrain 02, which is located in Paris. The remaining prototypes were destroyed during a major fire.
8. MLU002N | Speed 431 km / h
MLU002N (Japan) - high-speed muggle, one of the fastest trains in the world. It was developed in 1994 as a trial test model. During the tests, the MLU002N gained a speed of 431 km / h, which is why it got to our list. The uniqueness of magnetoplanes is that even at the maximum speed possible, they can stop abruptly in the required place.
7. Shinkansen | Speed 442.5 km / h
Shinkansen (Japan) ranks seventh on the list of fastest trains. The super express as a result of tests accelerated to 442.5 km / h. It was built for high-speed passenger transport. Shinkasen in Japan go on special highways that are separable from other trains and have their own platforms. The Shinkasan system is Japan's most important transport artery. The average speed of magnetoplanes of this series is 320 km / h. Shinkansen are also considered the safest high-speed trains in the world: for half a century not a single incident with fatal or serious injuries has been recorded.
6. Transrapid 07 | Speed 450 km / h
Transrapid 07 (Germany) - one of the fastest trains in the world, which is a follower of Transrapid 06. It was created to transport passengers from Berlin to Hamburg. But due to insufficient funding, the project had to be curtailed. During testing, conducted in 1993, Transrapid gained speed up to 450 km / h, thereby entering the history as one of the fastest cassettes.
5. Harmony-380A | Speed 486.1 km / h
Harmony-380A, or CRH380A (China) ranks fifth in the ranking of the fastest trains in the world. The record was set during the test run of the Hese-380A train on the section between the cities of Zaozhuang and Bengpu on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway in 2010. During the tests, he overcame a 220 km section at a speed of 486.1 km / h. And this is already quite at the level of the new regional An-140 aircraft. The Chinese government is actively investing in the development of high-speed railways throughout the 21st century.
4. Transrapid08 | Speed 500 km / h
Transrapid08 (China) or Shanghai Maglev - one of the fastest trains in the world. The top speed developed by the magnetoplane is 500 km / h. Transrapid 08 operates daily 14 hours on the highway and can carry up to 440 passengers in one trip. On average (at the end of 2007) about 7,500 passengers were delivered every day. The average speed of railway superfast transport is 300 km / h.
3. ML-500R | Speed 517 km / h
ML-500R (Japan) opens the top three high-speed trains in the world with an absolute speed of 517 km / h. Magnetoplan was never used as public transport. This is one of the first prototypes created by the Japanese for the purpose of testing and served as an example for the creation of other fast trains with magnetic suspension.
2. TGVEst V150 | Speed 574.8 km / h
TgvEst V150 (France) ranks second in the ranking of the fastest trains in the world. During the experiment on April 3, 2007, the speed record for a rail car with traditional wheels was 574.8 km / h. The electric train was formed from two head motor cars from TGV POS No. 4402, which were modernized, and three intermediate cars from TGV Duplex. Motor cars were equipped with more powerful traction electric motors, because of which the output power of the electric train increased from 9.3 MW to 19.6 MW, the wheels were replaced with new ones with the largest diameter (1020 mm, instead of 920 mm), and to reduce air resistance the gaps between the cars were closed. Also, the voltage in the contact network was raised from 25 kV to 31 kV, and more than 600 different sensors were placed on the composition. At the beginning of 2007, pilot trips were conducted on the line, during which an unofficial record of 554.3 km / h was set on February 13, and on April 3, with a large number of journalists and correspondents, the train accelerated to a speed of 574.8 km / h, thereby officially setting a new world speed record for rail trains. The driver of the TGV Est V150 driver Eric Piezac after the tests said that he was allowed to accelerate the car to a speed not exceeding 575 km / h.
1. MLX 01 | Speed 603 km / h
MLX 01 (Japan) - the fastest train in the world, whose absolute record is 603 km / h. The high-speed machine is based on magnetic suspension technology. The previous trains of the same series for half a century have been a symbol of reliability and speed. In 2003, a train from this series was able to accelerate to 581 km / h with passengers on board, and in April 2015 an absolute world record was set - 603 km / h. MLX 01 is the absolute flagship among trains around the world. Its average speed is about 300 km / h.
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