It still travels at almost 300mph right?
Maglev Train Seen Making Washington-to-Baltimore Trip at 311 MPH
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newworldafro
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This shyt wouldAside from the obvious benefits for commuters and job seekers, socially this would be great for the Northeast corridor.
I could go to NY for an early dinner and drinks, stop off in Bmore and hit some strip clubs and be back in the DMV all in one night.
Exactly. Instead of DMV being your oyster, the whole Northeast Corridor would be your
oyster..... that's the vision...
....... see my oldies but goodies thread on Mega-Region...the high speed train, preferably Maglev, is the blood of the Mega-Regions 
. http://www.thecoli.com/threads/whats-your-megapolitan-megaregion-megalopolis-looking-like.7422/
220 mph http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail
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the cac mamba
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halliburton could use this money instead 
newworldafro
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On which end the Baltimore or DC end?? or both.... I could imagine Baltimore going into overdrive, property values would rise like a tsunami
The whole NE
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Japan's levitating maglev train reaches 500km/h (311mph)
15 November 2014 Last updated at 13:23 GMT
Train fans have experienced the speed of super-fast maglev trains, during test runs for members of the public in central Japan.
One hundred passengers whizzed along a 42.8km (27 mile) route between the cities of Uenohara and Fuefuki, reaching speeds of up to 500km/h (311mph).
The Central Japan Railway Company is running eight days of testing for the experimental maglev Shinkansen train on its test track in Yamanashi Prefecture.
The maglev trains are even faster than Japan's famous bullet trains, which currently travel at about 320km/h (200mph).
They use magnetic levitation, hence the name, to "float" above the train tracks.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30067889
video in link
Japan's levitating maglev train reaches 500km/h (311mph)
15 November 2014 Last updated at 13:23 GMT
Train fans have experienced the speed of super-fast maglev trains, during test runs for members of the public in central Japan.
One hundred passengers whizzed along a 42.8km (27 mile) route between the cities of Uenohara and Fuefuki, reaching speeds of up to 500km/h (311mph).
The Central Japan Railway Company is running eight days of testing for the experimental maglev Shinkansen train on its test track in Yamanashi Prefecture.
The maglev trains are even faster than Japan's famous bullet trains, which currently travel at about 320km/h (200mph).
They use magnetic levitation, hence the name, to "float" above the train tracks.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30067889
video in link
Vandelay
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This should be be relatively easy to implement for the whole NE corridor given the population density and money out here. Why are they dragging ass...
Didn't President Obama want to do something like this nationally of course the repubs hated on him and it didn't happen.Don't understand why they dont' make this a national initiative......
Well I do have two answers......1) It is more expensive for the moment, but its only going to increase, so why not now ..... 2) being able to have enough people with expertise to work on a Maglev train as far as maintenance and any other problems. You would have to train or retrain hundreds of thousands of people going into this industry.
Texas is going for a regular high speed train between Dallas and Houston....Maglev would be off the hook on this highly traveled corridor
California is also doing regular high speed train up and down the coast.....
Why are we still messing with regular steel on rail tracks for passenger rail, that is 150+ years old, when we got this technology already available. Morse code is a great communication system, and should still be taught, but nobody walks around doing morse code, we have smart phones, so why not smart ass trains. I'm not even suggesting dismantle regular steel on rail tracks, but add space for maglev.
Yes, the vacuum tube is that clutch aspect of Maglev that sends it into overdrive. Think about it, maglev takes the physical friction of steel on rail out of the equation, and vacuum removes the air friction out of the equation, so that shiit is straight gliding at ridiculous speeds.
And the train that is shown in the OP is Japanese maglev, which is not that great looking but the Shanghai maglev that runs from downtown to the airport is pretty bytch.
That is all
The big thing people are not talking about is the cost to the consumer. Subway and bus fares are relatively cheap. Maglev train is going to be a daily butt plug of an expense. You might as well transport people in helicopters.
wow...you'd think the builders would think of that....
nomoreneveragain
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You don't know the cost of Public Transportation in the DMV, it's anything but Cheap.
Why?Took the Maglev in Shanghai... but it was a short trip. Couldn't imagine doing that for an hour.
That shyt is ugly as fukk! Ugh. I fukking hate the aesthetics of modern tech, particularly transportation.
Motor Coach Industries makes beautiful buses....