Chuo Shinkansen
High-speed Railway
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Chuo Shinkansen
Japan
Moving swiftly along the worldwide rail network , Japan ’ s – officially named – Linear Chuo Shinkansen , high-speed rail line will transport passengers 286 kilometres from Tokyo to Nagoya in a mere 40 minutes . The trains on this line will power along at approximately 313 miles per hour and are based on the country ’ s world-leading Superconducting Magnetic Levitation ( Maglev ) system . Approximately 86 per cent of the new line will be underground , so it will require extensive tunnel construction . The project is scheduled for completion by 2027 before work continues to extend the line onwards to Osaka .
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High-speed Railway
United States
The Californian high-speed rail network project was started back in 2015 , with an estimated completion date sometime in 2029 – though COVID-19 may disrupt that . The high-speed trains will connect eight of the ten largest cities in the state , reaching from San Diego , down south , to San Francisco up north . The project has two planned phases : Phase 1 will connect Los Angeles to San Francisco ; Phase 2 will extend connections to San Diego and nearby Sacramento . The highspeed rail shows the west-coast states ’ drive for sustainability , as each 200-mile per hour train will be 100-per cent electric , powered only by renewable energy .
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