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Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train - zqwerty - 03-09-2025
Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph
https://v.redd.it/83lwwqibxtmf1
Whilst we fall backwards into the past.
RE: Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train - girlgeorgina - 03-09-2025
literally blink and youll miss it. cripes. imagine if we had those here, just need decent ramps in picton and wellington, and fly the thing across, no need for rail ferries.
RE: Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train - Lilith7 - 03-09-2025
Oh wow! Yes, we could definitely use those here. Imagine being able to get from one end of the country to the other so quickly.
Naturally, our brilliant govt will be setting this up immediately... or something.
RE: Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train - harm_less - 03-09-2025
Travelled from Suzhou to Shanghai return by high speed rail when we were visiting China a few years back. 302km/h and decked out like a plane's cabin, but what was really gobsmacking was when we met another one going the other way with just a couple of metres between us. That definitely takes your breath away!
RE: Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train - Praktica - 03-09-2025
We don't have the population, or the population density, to make such things economical to build, here.
RE: Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train - Oh_hunnihunni - 04-09-2025
For which I am very grateful. Being such a small population, and situated on the edge of the planet, comes with an awful lot of advantages, that we really do not appreciate until we go somewhere really infested with people. That was one of the lessons I brought home with me from New York.
Incredible city. Wouldn't want to live there. Way too many people, too few trees.