I did consider whether to put mph or km/h in the thumbnail. Alas, that's not something I can localise to different regions yet...!

@Kat21

Жыл бұрын

Hi Tom 👋

@whosjulez1157

Жыл бұрын

When this question arises, the answer is alway metric

@MASTERCRAFT938

Жыл бұрын

Hello there :D

@SquidzitAce

Жыл бұрын

We can convert. 😎

@blackholesun4942

Жыл бұрын

Maybe the solution is to use the UNIVERSAL constant of the speed of light 😁😁

seems to be a whole lot more realistic than hyperloop will ever be...

@bosstowndynamics5488

Жыл бұрын

That goes without saying, Hyperloop would be this but with even higher speeds, a continuous tunnel, airlocks and tons of vacuum pumps.

@marselo1316

Жыл бұрын

The Hyperloop is a great example of taking the engineering principle of minimizing potential points of failure and then doing the exact opposite of that

@cd7677

Жыл бұрын

That Las Vegas tunnel with teslas and RGB?

@cjshields2007

Жыл бұрын

​@@cd7677 What speed does that run at?

@sm3675

Жыл бұрын

Hyperloop technology has yet to be proven.

Tom Scott is truly making the most out of his trip to Japan .

@thishandleistaken.

Жыл бұрын

He even met Chris Broad. I wonder if they're gonna make a collab

@Jake28

Жыл бұрын

yup

@mikaelpetersen1738

Жыл бұрын

Really hoping for a collab with Chris Broad though!

@PrograError

Жыл бұрын

well... there's some stuff he won't be able to show to truly make it the most, and I don't mean the H

@estateelite9284

Жыл бұрын

And why shouldn't he!

I don't think people realise how fast 1km in 8 seconds really is 😳

@Unairu_PSF

9 ай бұрын

thats a mile every 13-16~ seconds, wow

@dekippiesip

9 ай бұрын

I kid you not, this speed allows the train to be competitive with air travel in the US when taking border sscurity into acount. You only reach break even at around 3000 km compared to air, possibly even more if you need to monkey around more than 3 hours at the source and destination airports. Forget the clusters like the east coast metro area or the Texas southern cluster of cities. This train could knit the entirety of the US together.

@kxno8302

9 ай бұрын

@@dekippiesipthe US doesn’t have enough funding anymore to construct something like this.

@idk-zi3gw

9 ай бұрын

​@@kxno8302Usa definitely has the money but the money is going somewhere else

@freetrade8830

8 ай бұрын

@@dekippiesip The security delay on planes is largely unnecessary. Nothing prevents the government from imposing 3 hour security delays on maglev trains, should they ever be commercialized. It just takes one incident (terrorism, sabotage etc) and you can kiss the idea of fast, efficient train boarding goodbye.

"One local government keeps raising objections" - Fun fact, the prefecture of Shizuoka, between Tokyo and Nagoya, has historically been against high speed rail, since those would just skip over the prefecture altogether. Although they would have to provide the land space for the tracks, high speed rail doesn't allow for stops in "minor" areas, so for the local economy it would be like providing the shovel to dig their own grave. This happened back in the 60s during construction of the Tokaido Shinkansen and now, 60 years later, the same exact issue once again. (Edit: it's similar to the "highways killing small-town roadside economies" problem that I'm sure every country has experienced on some level.)

@w1z4rd9

Жыл бұрын

I'd bet the economic advantage the high speed rail provides can be justified despite what the downs and effects for Shizuoka's finnancial contribute to the country as a whole. It's annoying to stop at Shizuoka every single goddamm time from Nagoya side going to Tokyo in a Shinkansen or vice versa.

@Blaze6108

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't they add a little stop with one of those center pass throughs for express trains?

@horacewonghy

Жыл бұрын

Even I’m a tourist, I can feel how bad JR東海 in Shizuoka, Shinkansen slow train only in Atami, mishima, Shizuoka and Hamamatsu. Train were missing in existing line and without announcement.

@horacewonghy

Жыл бұрын

@@w1z4rd9 They have skip stop train in pass, but after nozomi was serviced, that skip stop train cutting off to every half hour

@TheNewGreenIsBlue

Жыл бұрын

​@@w1z4rd9 Most trains on the Tokaido line don't stop at Shizuoka. Shizuoka wants a station at the airport, as the current Tokaido line passes RIGHT underneath the airport... but JR Central doesn't want to do it. Shizuoka Airport is really inconveniently located like a LOT of Japanese airports(except FUK) and mostly has flights to FUK, CTS, and Kagoshima... all places that are a bit far by train... and it's in between two Shinkansen stations now.

I can't believe that Tom's videos have gone from dropping drums and cymbals off of a cliff to being invited by JR to test-ride cutting edge trains in Japan.

@SaberVS7

Жыл бұрын

Cynically speaking? Tom gets eyes on things - And having eyes on *your thing* is something desirable if you're looking for Investment and/or "pressure" to get "Objecting Municipality X" to approve construction.

@MawDaws

Жыл бұрын

@@SaberVS7 huh?

@y_samu

Жыл бұрын

I've seen other youtuber on the same train

@foxinrot

Жыл бұрын

Yea the production quality has dropped considerably... D:

@yanikuyh

Жыл бұрын

@@MawDaws Hes saying JR rail hired Tom maliciously to spread the word about the "1 remaining objecting local government" so people harass them to allow construction

Tom is the perfect ad for any company. This is a dream job. He gets invited all over the world for no other reason than his huge audience and his integrity as a person, keeping his videos down to earth, without any hype or artificial drama. It is nice to see quality being valued. I wish Tom the best and am looking forward to see more videos here.

@patheddles4004

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, and his integrity absolutely is key to that. When we watch a video in which Tom is impressed and excited by a thing, we can trust that the thing legitimately impressed and excited him. He won't pretend, and he can and will simply scrap a video that didn't work out the way he'd hoped - we don't see those.

@TheAlps36

Жыл бұрын

And it's so scientific too - he breaks down the technology and how it all works into a really understandable format not just shouting "oh my god That's so quick bros!!"

@Tara-fo2gx

Жыл бұрын

@@patheddles4004 Except, he *has* posted videos in the past that he's confessed didn't go the way he wanted to, except those videos weren't for companies I think, they were to tell stories about integrity and other things.

@korenn9381

Жыл бұрын

@@Tara-fo2gx or in which things went wrong in interesting ways which then became the topic of the video instead.

@In.Darkness

Жыл бұрын

I asked a train engineer how many times his train had derailed. He said, “I’m not sure, it’s hard to keep track

The people of Japan have a lot to be proud of with their transport. The amount of effort and skill that goes into creating this is amazing.

It kinda feels like 27 years was the amount of time they needed to actually get such an insane piece of engineering to work reliably enough to put paying customers on it. This wasn't a future that never arrived, it was a future so incredible it needed this much time to get here.

@bratimm

8 ай бұрын

That is simply not true. The original Transrapid maglev trains in Germany reached operational readyness decades ago, transported over half a million passengers on the test track and the only accident since then was due to human failure. Germany started to sell the technology, but there was no demand, partly due to lobbyism from the car and aviation industries. Since then, there has been very little development on this technology. Everything the Japanese explained in this video already existed at the very least on the Transrapid 09, most of it even earlier.

@user-rw6ww6xl4m

8 ай бұрын

@@bratimm "Everything the Japanese explained in this video already existed at the very least on the Transrapid 09, most of it even earlier." That's not true at all. The Transrapid does not feature superconducting magnets as one glaring example. Note that the levitation and guidance mechanisms are fundamentally different between the two systems. The Transrapid uses an active system, which constantly measures the gap to the tracks and adjusts the currents going through the electromagnets accordingly to correct deviations. The Japanese SCMaglev on the other hand does not need to micro-manage currents at all - it passively induces the guideway to exert the necessary forces simply by passing by at high speed. Since this mechanism doesn't work well at lower speeds, the train has to have wheels for that regime unlike the Transrapid.

@kontiwa3257

5 ай бұрын

山梨県に移って、約30年 その前に宮崎県で、約30年 計 60年近く 実験してます。

@FredPlanatia

Ай бұрын

@@user-rw6ww6xl4m SCMaglev seems like a safer more robust approach esp. in an Earthquake prone country.

"500km/h and it feels like a train" reminds me of the pioneers of railway. Back then people were afraid of taking a train because they believed that speeds over 30km/h were unbearable for the human body and thus deadly.

@johnlogullo2237

Жыл бұрын

It would be interesting to know how many kilos of coal it would take to move one of those old time trains one kilometer.

@hedgehog3180

Жыл бұрын

@@johnlogullo2237 Depends on when, where and which locomotive you're talking about. Steam trains got more efficient over times and the ones made towards the end of the steam era were much more efficient than the earliest ones due to inventions such as super heaters, and several also started running on fuel oil. The answer in general though will probably be a lot less than you anticipate but still more than a modern electric locomotive would need if it was being powered by a coal power plant. Coal was not the limiting factor for steam locomotives, it was water, which is why track pans were invented. Also the grade of coal being used also mattered, which is why the where was important beyond just the grade of the track. The best coal available was Welsh coal so British steam locomotives would generally be able to get a bit more out of their fuel than American locomotives that had to run on some of the worst coal available. And of course the amount of coal needed would also change with speed since the key feature of trains is that due to the low friction between the wheels and the track they can maintain high speeds easily once reached but are slow to accelerate. An express locomotive going at it's top speed, somewhere around 150 km/h might only need a few kg of coal to cover a km but when it's pulling out of a station it might need more than a hundred kg. So it's difficult to give a consistent number for fuel pr km in the same way you can with cars since it changes so much, a train that spends most of it's time at top speed would be a lot more fuel efficient than one that has to constantly start and stop. This is of course also true with cars but with cars friction with the road is at all speeds where most of the energy goes, and that scales linearly with speed, but with locomotives most of the energy is initially spent solely on accelerating it's mass up to speed and then after that speed has been reached energy only has to be spent to overcome air resistance which is relatively minor.

@hfjtrytry9216

Жыл бұрын

I really doubt what you said is true at all considering you can ride a horse faster than 30km/h lmao

@DistinctivePlays

Жыл бұрын

people were scared of 50 mph I BELIEVE. The main reason was that womens uteruses would be flung out of their bodies apparently :shrug:

@stevek8829

Жыл бұрын

For thousands of years they rode horses faster than that.

The fact it still looked super fast at 1/4 speed is incredible

@slyseal2091

Жыл бұрын

should be 125km/h, which from I know is what the average train does.

@eddyzow

Жыл бұрын

definitely faster than the average train, here commuter rails in the US tend to only do like 30mph so it’s more than 10 times as fast

@worldcomicsreview354

Жыл бұрын

The 1/4 speed looks like a normal bullet train does when it goes by IRL

@zev2x762

Жыл бұрын

FrFr

日本国内のどの報道機関より分かりやすく魅力が伝わってきます。言語の壁すら越えて。明快で分かりやすいレポート、ありがとうございます。 地元の人間として、開通を楽しみにしております。

@SYDTrainsFilms

4 ай бұрын

English Translation for those viewing on KZread Web: "The appeal is conveyed more clearly than any other news organization in Japan. Even beyond the language barrier. Thank you for your clear and easy to understand report. As a local, I am looking forward to the opening."

@3xpl0i79

Ай бұрын

​@@SYDTrainsFilms Yes we do have a translate button too.

Los Angeles to San Francisco is about 380 miles. Imagine being able to go that far in just an hour or so. That is insane and I can only dream that the US would develop their rail system

@levismith7444

10 ай бұрын

Japan is spending over 86 billion dollars on their maglev line the US can’t afford that.. not after the 115 billion that was sent to Ukraine

@CThyran

10 ай бұрын

San Francisco and Los Angeles have airports, people just fly there if they need to be there quick.

@bubblerman

10 ай бұрын

@@levismith7444 perhaps we should not blow all the money on proxy wars then

@NoLifeStarCraft

9 ай бұрын

@@levismith7444 US can clearly afford that considering the CA HSR is even more expensive than that. Unfortunately, lawyers and "environmental reviews" aren't cheap, and Americans can't resist embezzling funds allocated to the project, whether intentionally or as a result of poor planning.

@Vapor817

8 ай бұрын

@@levismith7444 im not sure how you can build a railway with missiles and tanks that are about to expire

You know why I think it will definitely work this time? The interior of this maglev looks exactly like the clean, spacious and entirely forgetable cabin of every shinkansen that I've ever been on. Conceptual/experimental designs always, always look funky and impractical 🤣

@enkiimuto1041

Жыл бұрын

It is not just that. Maglevs take a considerable amount of energy that couldn't beat planes on their cost-effectiveness. The tables are now turning on this regard.

@xmlthegreat

Жыл бұрын

@@enkiimuto1041 how so? Are the room-temperature superconducting materials here?

@WarioNumberOne

Жыл бұрын

I've never ridden a shinkansen, but I'm not a fan of the tiny windows and shared arm rests. Trains are my favorite mode of transportation in a big part because of the comfort and scenery they provide, this seems to be an experience similar to an airplane

@laerin7931

Жыл бұрын

@@WarioNumberOne With most of the track being in the tunnels, I guess they didn't see a reason to make big windows. The whole idea seems to be closer to an airplane - the kind of train you use if you want to get there faster, not look at the scenic route.

@croozerdog

Жыл бұрын

​@@WarioNumberOne Ever taken the same route for years? This kind of train is made to go between cities and carry people who take the trip to their work and stuff

As a Canadian, I envy how advanced the trains are. When you factor in flight delay, baggage delays here, you can drive to your destination quicker. Our high speed train goes about 140 to 160km an hr to put it into perspective.

Japanese engineers are incredible, their imagination, problem solving and fabulous products etc they have created over the decades. They just never cease to amaze

@Lampuunion9989

Жыл бұрын

Weebs

@lynth

10 ай бұрын

This is just a test track. Why didn't Tom go to China where these kind of trains are actually used everywhere in real life situations? I'm living in China and the trains have a potential operating speed of >400km/h quite regularly. I think the average speed on plenty of lines is like 300 km/h. China is also testing all kinds of Maglev train designs on different intercity lines (Alstom, Shinkansen, etc.). The G7 train from Beijing South to Shanghai Hongqiao has an average operating speed of 350 km/h (217 mph). Unlike Japanese Shinkansen, Chinese trains are also affordable to normal people (Beijing-Shanghai costs ~$40 while the Shinkansen between Tokyo and Osaka is over $100).

@Lickwit

10 ай бұрын

@@lynth He explained this in the video though.

@tmjz7327

10 ай бұрын

@@lynth Because he had to make sure to throw in some anti-china rhetoric at the beginning even though anyone with a brain can tell that the Chinese bullet train system is superior in most ways.

@velzard1068

9 ай бұрын

@@lynthwell I think it’s that the Shanghai maglev in operation doesn’t go as fast as it could go, so technically it’s the fastest train in operation, but it doesn’t actually go that fast. It’s not to say there aren’t really fast maglev tests in china, I just think that as of recording, the one in Japan was the fastest

As a Japanese local I thank you so much for traveling to the more rural parts of Japan and showing off some unique stuff here. To us it sometimes feels like everything is doom and gloom due to shrinking population and decades long recesssion but seeing you genuinely get excited about these things in Japan gives me hope in the place where I live and love. Thank you.

@Shambles7698

Жыл бұрын

LMAO stop believe main stream media every country around the world face same problem but media bias is dangerous propaganda stop 💯 believe in main stream media

@akiroclimbs2300

Жыл бұрын

As an American in high schooler who is currently studying Japanese, I can ensure sure you that everyone around my age really appreciates this kind of amazing technology Japan brings to the world. Although the population decrease is most definitely a serious issue, Japan has plenty of time to find solutions within the coming years. 心配しないでください!

@fcbbbb3424

Жыл бұрын

stop ホルホル

@akiroclimbs2300

Жыл бұрын

@@fcbbbb3424 キレてる?

@Siberius-

Жыл бұрын

@@akiroclimbs2300 - Yea, immigration and worker's rights. The majority of Japanese politicians might prefer to economically destroy Japan before they do that, though.

The two cities that 'need it most' between them are apparently Sydney and Melbourne, due to their status as the world's busiest air route. I can't wait until I can start filming 'maglev spotting' trips!

@qiyuxuan9437

Жыл бұрын

Probably make more sense to build a conventional high speed rail that can go up to 350km/h, with 1 stop at Canberra. That will still be fast enough, only abour 3 hour, but much cheaper than maglev.

@gcewing

Жыл бұрын

Extreme Train Spotting. Don't blink or you'll miss it!

@ruzziasht349

Жыл бұрын

@@qiyuxuan9437 of course you're right, you need imagination for maglev - and that's one thing the Aussies aren't renowned for.

@jimhim585

Жыл бұрын

Aye, the Wallaby Wizzer? Quickie Quokka or Qwickaburra? Nah, mate, you mean the Zoomerang?

@icasterthe2nd625

Жыл бұрын

@@jimhim585 ???

You were invited by JR to have a ride on Maglev!? Unthinkable! The power of 5.97 million regular viewers.

@Soniti1324

9 ай бұрын

My exact thoughts. This doesn't happen.

@jmstransit

6 ай бұрын

exactly; no one bats an eye about this. Very likely some elderly councillor or official was against this video being filmed.

I wish somebody would build a maglev here in the u.s. You could build straight sections for thousands of miles and it would probably compete with air travel.

@markwilson9935

6 ай бұрын

never gonna happen...way too much ego and that means the intellect needed to achieve this sort of product would take light years and too many fingers in the pie. sad but true! Asian countries have an attitude that has overtaken the 'we are the biggest and fastest' attitude of the west..

@KurtBenning

4 ай бұрын

Well here in the USA we don't have the money for maglev trains. If Republicans were in charge of CA they would had it done a long time ago like days.

@jamesoconnor8985

4 ай бұрын

You live in a funny world @@KurtBenning

@bazarleam2593

4 ай бұрын

We dont have things like this because of the greedy people your taking about. Stop letting them control you. ​@@KurtBenning

@piano_beginner

3 ай бұрын

Theoretically, it would be possible to travel between New York and Washington in one hour. The chairman of JR Tokai has made a sales pitch in New York.

That drive-by gave me chills. Wow. This is some incredible technology.

@Kris4Infinity

Жыл бұрын

For real- like wow.. I lost words even tho I wasnt speaking. like literraly jaw drop- jeeez

@omg_stoppit

Жыл бұрын

Top speed of 374.69 mph Nice

@grins9882

Жыл бұрын

My guy is talking about fukin "Levitation coils" we are legit in the future. We are living through a Sci fi flick

@martijn9568

Жыл бұрын

Y'know what's even weirder? It seemed rather similar to my experience of having Dutch Intercity trains pass by the station. Yet, I know it must feel completely different. One goes 140 km/h, and the other is doing 500 km/h.

@duniek86

Жыл бұрын

fly-by ;)

It's so awesome to see the Japanese excited to share their advancements with you. That multiple companies straight up offered you these close up views of their new projects is amazing.

@buttnutt

Жыл бұрын

There is a reason for that.

@MiseFreisin

Жыл бұрын

@@buttnutt soft power baybeeeeeeee

@someotherworldlybeing3167

Жыл бұрын

@@buttnutt advertisement W

@Midori900

Жыл бұрын

technically it's german technic

@kevinslater4126

Жыл бұрын

Of course, it's Tom Scott

I was immensely impressed by JR services while in Japan. This another level.

@Js136Thai

10 ай бұрын

so true, its clean and super punctual.

The guy just casually said that they invented an inductive power collection system. That is beyond nuts. It's literally like sending charge to your iPhone battery as if it were bluetooth. Completely wireless.

@pierholtrop5432

9 ай бұрын

My iphone can already charge wireless i dont know if you lived under a rock ?

@_bakedbeans6970

9 ай бұрын

@@pierholtrop5432But your phone still have physical contact with the charger ?

@circuit10

3 ай бұрын

@@_bakedbeans6970 I think it can be slightly above and still work

Local here. I'm impressed by the level of coverage Tom has provided. Yes, there is one local government (Shizuoka prefecture) protesting on the construction. The tunnel cuts through one of the mountains where their river originates from, and they are worried that the river might dry up as has happened with a similar sized tunnel before. This is exacerbated by the fact that there will be no station to be built in Shizuoka, leaving them with potential damages with no benefits.

@Mecharuva

Жыл бұрын

I wondered why a local government was protesting, but I was thinking “the Japanese don’t strike me as the type to protest just to be a jerk about things,” and now I know what’s going on. That’s an unfortunate situation, and I understand why they’d be protesting now.

@Kalvinjj

Жыл бұрын

Well it's at least a well founded reason. Routing the track a different way would be my choice in this case, but no idea what that would bring then.

@PeterPeirce-pv3mm

Жыл бұрын

Nimbys driving up costs and delaying the future exist no matter what country we live in :)

@galliman123

Жыл бұрын

@@Mecharuva meanwhile that one farmer in the middle of Narita airport

@kenwhy7700

Жыл бұрын

@@Mecharuva Oh another fun fact, the Narita Airport was also strongly protested by the locals

Everything about this video feels more like a plane than a train. The fact that it starts grounded and then “takes off” with the magnets, the sterile white aesthetics, this visibly looks like a plane to me! It’s just engine-less and REALLY close to the ground

@arkynkueh

Жыл бұрын

Another thing that's plane-like that's not shown in this video is how you board it. The electromagnetic radiation from the magnetic coils is so strong that to shield passengers from it, they have to board the train through jetbridges, which is what you use to board a plane at an Airport.

@samuelthecamel

Жыл бұрын

I wonder of it's cheaper than a plane. It's certainly more environmentally friendly at least

@femboyexpert313

Жыл бұрын

I mean that’s literally just how trains in japan are Clean

@oz_jones

Жыл бұрын

@@arkynkueh i wonder if they are funded by Jeff Bridges

@robertlancaster8190

Жыл бұрын

If that’s true, then the coils are energized all the time, even though it’s standing still…

Tom really does know his video technology, adding DOH and dubbing optionally. That's a really good thing for accessibility. He is such a proponent of it, that we could all stand to learn. I'm sure next comes alternative video streams, unless I've missed those too!

I got goosebumps with this. Very insightful video! Keep the great job up!

3:44 "That's incredible! I don't have words. It's my job to have words for a moment like this, and I don't!" If only more KZreadrs were as articulate - and as humble - as Tom is.

@HaliOnRepeat

Жыл бұрын

WOW GUYS!!! Did you see that?! That was so fast guys! I can't believe It!!! It's like it was there and then it's gone!!! Can you believe it guys?! This is so incredible!!!

With Tom in Japan and trying all sorts of transportation modes, surely it's time for him to try one of the many monorail lines dotted around the country....

@danielalba7651

Жыл бұрын

Chiba monorail oh please

@Kelthor85

Жыл бұрын

Isn't there one in Shelbyville?

@jama211

Жыл бұрын

@@Kelthor85 Mono... doh!

@jama211

Жыл бұрын

@@danielalba7651 There's also one in Kyushu, and one in Tokyo that goes from Haneda airport!

@danielalba7651

Жыл бұрын

@@jama211 my favorite is the shonan monorail (also safege type)

I hadn't thought about how they powered the trains without a point of contact! And it's also so weird that it doesn't need actual power to levitate, the speed + magnets do the trick. So cool.

@quantasplay

Жыл бұрын

The phenomenon of superconductivity allows you to charge a coil once so that current always flows through it. It is enough to keep the coil cold (the temperature required to achieve superconductivity is close to 0 Kelvin or -273°C). In case of accidental power loss the coils will remain cold for enough time to allow train to levitate

@manojpatra2840

Жыл бұрын

The Chinese maglev which also goes around 600 km/hr doesnt use wheels to accelarate, it's magnetic levitation from start to finish.

@ryoukokonpaku1575

Жыл бұрын

@@manojpatra2840 That German transrapid design (EMS) needs constant correction by a computer since it isn't dynamically stable while Japan's design (EDS) is. They both have different pros and cons, but overall Japan went with EDS due to increased safety since it passively corrects the train's position without any electrical or active input which is a necessity in an earthquake prone country.

@cooltwittertag

3 ай бұрын

​@@ryoukokonpaku1575the issue is china is stuck with the mindset of improving that german design from the 80s they stole 2 decades ago, instead of actually developing something different

It's smooth, it's quiet, and an altogether delightful experience.

The 1/4 playback speed actually looks like a normal train passing by ! That's mind blowing !

@willwhite6570

Жыл бұрын

​@@TippyHippy based

@yuviaro3511

Жыл бұрын

@@TippyHippy thank you for your service

@Lucius_Chiaraviglio

Жыл бұрын

In the US, 1/4 playback speed of this maglev looks like 2X playback speed of a normal Northeast Corridor train passing by.

@Mahalakshmi-Khan

Жыл бұрын

@@TippyHippy Chad.

@M65V19

Жыл бұрын

Well, it only 125km/h at 1/4 after all!

The part at the end is seriously fascinating: they managed to build the curve with *exactly* the angle, that cancels out the centripetral force from the curve itself.

@grummhd3020

Жыл бұрын

That is how most railways work.

@patheddles4004

Жыл бұрын

The 'track' itself is U-shaped, with magnets all around the U - that's not a banked corner like in car racing. I'm not sure how much is passive physics and how much is active management by the train, but the train will definitely ride at different bank angles depending on how fast it's going. And it has to, because that train can go around that corner at 7 km/h or at 700 km/h - different speeds require very different bank angles. (to be clear, I agree that the engineering to manage this is incredible)

@BloodyMobile

Жыл бұрын

@@grummhd3020 I've not yet been on one where the match was so close that I did /not/ notice the curve being one, or the tilt.

@C.I...

Жыл бұрын

@@grummhd3020 No, they have to include a little bit of centrapetal force, otherwise all the passengers get motion sick. This was one of the problems with the UK's tipping Advanced Passenger Train.

@akersmc

Жыл бұрын

@@grummhd3020 And roads as well.

Tom, you lucky boy! Mind you, it’s well and long earned from the great library of fun and informative videos you have created. 👍🏻

Their solution for non contact power seems simple but man, that's got to be hard and it's amazing

That 10 degree incline blew my mind, the fact that the train feels level on that bank gives me a much deeper understanding of how fast it's going than the number of km/h

@Yora21

Жыл бұрын

We had tilting regional trains in Germany back in the 90s or even 80s. Not sure how much those tilted, but it seemed quite significant. And you only notice it when you look out the window and see all the trees and houses leaning. And that's at fairly low speeds as trains are concerned. I believe it's a function of both how fast the train is going through a corner and how tight the corner is. At 500 km/h, having a 10° tilt feel flat, you probably still have a really wide running corner.

@cloudy7937

Жыл бұрын

@@Yora21 I did the math, I think the turn radius comes out to something like 11km

@Salmagundiii

Жыл бұрын

All high speed rail track has to have superelevation or banking. Even the lowly Amtrak Northeast Corridor can have something like 10%, which is 5.7 degrees according to a converter I found. I was once on an Amtrak that had to be stopped on a curve because it hit someone. People were asking "is something wrong with the train" 🤣.

@sortascouseace

Жыл бұрын

It's like a rollercoaster...when you hit a banked section of track at speed you don't notice the banking because of the centrifugal force generated but when you are going slow or stop you notice it.

@dominiksuk7261

Жыл бұрын

Conventional European tracks "tilt" for maximum of 8 degrees, if I recall correctly. Mostly in places where the train almost never stops, so this experience isn't usual for us.

Dear Tom, you made a video about the Dutch clocks that counted money about 9 months ago and it saddened me that this is not well known but there are still working clocks, they’re in the Veiling Rhein-Maas complex. The Veiling Rhein-Maas is a collaboration between royal flora Holland and Landgard. It’s also really really really big company ground, 19 hektars iirc. It’s located in Germany. If you’re interested in seeing the clocks at work I think you’ll be able to visit. It’s the exact same system like the royal flora holland had in their big warehouse there. Our company too deliveres to the „clok service" regularly. It’s really a sight to see and I only can recommend paying a visit. I hope this reaches you well, Yours sincerely, A friendly gardener.

It's AWESOME seeing you get excited about stuff! Your enthusiasm is contagious.

The part where the wheels come up at 5:30 is such a cool moment. What an amazing technology!

@SpotterCrazyperson

Жыл бұрын

Indeed! 🤩

@PianoKwanMan

Жыл бұрын

Completely like taking off at a really shallow angle of attack ... just before an unrestricted climb, of course

@bieneulm1982

Жыл бұрын

Transrapid wouldn´t be in need of having wheels, it can float at 0km/h already and then accelerate to up to 500 or, as the chinese promise with their copy CRRC CF600, 600km/h. The speed is generated by the railway and the statorpackages underneath it, since that would be the engine of a transrapid (EMS-Based).

@wayne30047

Жыл бұрын

It's almost like a magic

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

Жыл бұрын

I just love being able to say, "The wheels come up."

So great to see this is still moving forward. Just like you I thought we would have them all over by now.

@vincenttt8289

Жыл бұрын

Moving forward is the main function of trains

@stanleybochenek1862

Жыл бұрын

Day by day we are getting closer to Ufo technology Thank you aliens for helping us evolve

@androiduberalles

Жыл бұрын

@@vincenttt8289 quite quickly in this one's case

@minorii24

Жыл бұрын

moving forward literally

@micomator

Жыл бұрын

and backwards!

The Japanese are awesome engineers and nice people too.

Tom, thank you for telling the world about the current state of Japan's SCMaglev trains, much more than we Japanese do.

Japan's public transport system has never been anything but amazing. And this will take it to the whole next level.

@SomeGuy-ty7kr

Жыл бұрын

Strictly speaking, most(all?) of japans "public" transport is actually privately owned.

@isnitjustkit

Жыл бұрын

@@SomeGuy-ty7kr JR and most of the private metro companies collaborate so closely with the government, saying they're "Privately" owned is kind of misleading in it's own, Japanese way

@user-ij7um1ev9w

Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest achievements

As somebody who was a massive train fan as a kid, and hasn't been that into it as an adult. This made me cry, genuinely. The engineering and construction of this is astounding, even if it's never open for public use I'm just happy to be alive to see it, it takes my breath away. The feeling that came over me seeing the train speed past Tom without a sound felt nothing short of religious. The mad lads finally did it.

@waynebutane1338

Жыл бұрын

I had a similar reaction. Just the possibility that this could one day be a normal mode of travel is amazing to know

@DROK278

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, were finally getting there! 👍👍

@kylehoffman8920

Жыл бұрын

@@Varangian_af_Scaniae Toxic masculinity has no place here. Shoo.

@marselo1316

Жыл бұрын

@@Varangian_af_Scaniae ok Varangian af Scaniae

@knyt0

Жыл бұрын

@@Varangian_af_Scaniae bro just came out of the 1970's edit: nvm it's a troll

China is filling entire cities with RGB LEDs to make it looks futuristic, but Japan is actually working on a futuristic project, albeit unobtrusive.

2 Days ago, I was coming back to Tokyo from the Fuji Goko Area via the Highway Bus (I have work up there sometimes), And I was thinking to myself "You know I've never actually seen the Maglev pass through this track" in the probably 50-60 times I've passed by it, and THE SECOND that I thought that, I saw it come out of the tunnel and shoot by. It was FAST, and incredibly cool to actually see in reality right in front of your eyes. The timing on that was the most perfect thing I've ever experienced in my life.

@aungmyintoo4635

Жыл бұрын

That is what we call psychic 😊

@Life_42

Жыл бұрын

Life is full of coincidences (;

@Hoch134

Жыл бұрын

It makes sense that you never experienced it, too. As those trains pass by in 1-5 seconds and then are gone, you really have to be lucky to spot it one time.

@jamessatterfield5705

Жыл бұрын

We get lucky sometimes 😁

@krunalmangrola6692

Жыл бұрын

You notice things what you think about - Baader Meinhof effect

When I lived in Japan, it took me about 40 minutes on the subway to go from my local station in the suburbs to where I went to school in downtown Tokyo. The fact that now I could go to Nagoya from Tokyo in that exact amount of time is frankly mind blowing.

@Tokax

Жыл бұрын

Actually it’s coming out in a couple years not now

@shogunateball2739

Жыл бұрын

yea its coming out in 2027

@-SP.

Жыл бұрын

@@shogunateball2739 No it's been pushed back again. Now there is no official date

@noytelinu3409

Жыл бұрын

Wait, Nagoya isn't being skipped this time?

@lars7935

Жыл бұрын

@@noytelinu3409 No but Kyoto and Yokohama are skipped

We really need this in the US. Imagine going from Miami to Boston in less than 6 hours (with stops at other major cities) and not having to go through airport security, or from NYC to San Francisco in less than 10 hours again without the hassle or restrictions you run into when traveling by air.

@marianl8718

Жыл бұрын

You don't want something like that ! Such trains are only built by Bolshevik countries or those with democratic and liberal apparances, but which in essence are still Bolshevik !

@1dgram

Жыл бұрын

@@marianl8718 Japan is Bolshevik?

@ZigZag9639

Ай бұрын

Yes, thank you! Australia, USA and Canada need a Maglev!

@ZigZag9639

Ай бұрын

​@@marianl8718Are you against humanity evolving from slower than sloths trains?

This is awesome! Can't wait to get one in the USA, I hope my great great great great great grandkids will benefit from it.

One of my friend's dad is a lead engineer here and has been since 2016. Living in Japan, I know that they are known for their consistency, with the Shinkansen bullet trains having 0 major crashed in decades. A likely reason for the delay is the high safety standards they are trying to meet. This is heavily marketed and I can't wait for its opening to the public!

@gnnascarfan2410

Жыл бұрын

And the crashes the Shinkansen DID have was one from operator error at low speed in a train yard, and another in 2004 due to a large earthquake (which caused the train to completely stop).

@bbh4169

Жыл бұрын

Replacing tracks or laying down new tracks with protective barrier would take a long time.

@odorikakeru

Жыл бұрын

Tom alluded to the reason for the delay in the video, but one of the tunnels runs under a river which is a major water source for several cities in Shizuoka. So Shizuoka prefectural government is demanding a guarantee that JR Central will replace a significant water loss so that the overall level of the river doesn’t change, and JRC haven’t been able to offer that guarantee. As much as we all want a new Shinkansen and we all want to see relief on the Tokai Line, we can’t expect to sacrifice a major river to get it.

@gnnascarfan2410

Жыл бұрын

@@odorikakeru I was going to ask "Couldn't JR just say 'Fine, you don't wanna play ball with us we'll reroute the train line elsewhere" but then I looked at a map and realized Shikuoza is flanked by Ocean on one side and Mount Fuji on the other. There isn't really anywhere else JR can go without a massive detour.

@SaberVS7

Жыл бұрын

@@gnnascarfan2410 Not exactly like Shizuoka was going to get anything out of it going through their province though - It's the one province on the route that has no planned stations - It just passes through and doesn't benefit the citizens of that province at all.

Please don't feel the need to apologize about being excited. Everyone loves it when you get excited. Amazing video as always. I hope that this test track will pave the way so that it finally becomes a bit more mainstream.

@drdewott9154

Жыл бұрын

Maybe, but I still think Maglevs are gonna be a tad niche. They'd still be much more expensive than conventional high speed rail, with a lower benefit, and still some key issues like lower capacity. The Japanese maglev trains are notably smaller than their existing bullet trains, particularly in width, making them carry fewer passengers at a time. That's on top of other difficulties like the track switching mechanism which is much more complex and slow for Maglevs requiring much more time to set them right. That means that while there can be a conventional bullet train between Tokyo and Nagoya every 2-3 minutes, there has to be a gap of approximately 10 minutes between each Maglev train. One of the reasons the Maglev is even viable between Tokyo and Nagoya, and its planned extension to Osaka is because these are already megacities well beyond whats seen in most of the world, plus the fact that the conventional high speed railway between the cities is so congested that there's no room for additional trains. In most of the world where high speed rail exists that's barely a concern as of now.

@willvan7685

Жыл бұрын

@@drdewott9154 and from what I've seen, 'maglev' (don't know the actual terms) is usually only used for smaller machines for precision when little to no friction is needed such as balancing scales.

@captainkeller2792

Жыл бұрын

If Tom is excited, you know the Video is a banger.

@sayandas5

Жыл бұрын

He is British.. he needs to apologize for showing emotions 😂😂

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

Жыл бұрын

He can get excited enough for all of us.

Thank you for coming to Japan! I'm excited that a linear motor car will be realized in the near future.

For you who thinks they’re still testing, They’re waiting for Shizuoka to allow them to run the track through their land Shizuoka is refusing because it might pollute their water

imagine travelling from Tokyo to Osaka in less than an hour. I'm actually more impressed by how fast it accelerates from a complete stop to what regular trains drive at all while remaining a very smooth ride. Combined with the immaculate train scheduling of Japan is just *chef's kiss*. Sasuga nihon no enjiniaringu

@mastertrams

Жыл бұрын

I think the project is split into two phases. Phase 1 is the 40min bit, from Tokyo to Nagoya, then Phase 2 will take it into Osaka. Regardless, it'll still be breathtaking to travel between Tokyo and Osaka at whatever the final journey time is.

@deutschelehrer69

Жыл бұрын

Weeb

@nerd2814

Жыл бұрын

@@mastertrams Tokyo-Osaka travel time has been quoted as 1hr 7min per JR material. Seriously, if the current Shinkansen doesn't render flying more or less pointless, this absolutely will obliterate the market for flying in that corridor!

@pistonburner6448

Жыл бұрын

If it makes a loop-de-loop on the way, then I'll be impressed. They'll even make more money as amusement park customers will also pay them for rides.

@GordonSlamsay

Жыл бұрын

​@Adam P. the one thing is cost, which is why a lot of people take the night bus. The Shinkansen ain't cheap. but fr air travel is terrible, especially quick domestic flights.

I've never had my jaw drop from a youtube video before. The train going past at 3:20 is absolutely incredible. It absolutely translates on camera, so sick

@RonaldoROKKETT

Жыл бұрын

​@@luxraider5384the sound looking weird

@joriss5

Жыл бұрын

@@luxraider5384 No, it's less than half the speed of sound.

@luxraider5384

Жыл бұрын

@@joriss5 i forgot that the spped pf the sound was actually 340m/s

@windowsxpmemesandstufflol

Жыл бұрын

​@@joriss5A train going Mach 0.4!!!

@shadi3993

Жыл бұрын

i got goosebumps

Huge respect to these engineers. Such perseverance to test it for so long. Hopefully this is launched rapidly across the world soon.

Japanese obsession for quality is no joke, testing for 26 years just goes to show you their dedication and why Shinkansen is never late and never has any incidents (accident)

@nutsackreviews

Жыл бұрын

except for quality of life

@jfprizzy

Жыл бұрын

@@nutsackreviews rebuilding your economy into the second largest economy in the world (before China) by a long shot, driving insane scientific innovation and discovery, comes at a price. But from the ashes, Japan still did it. I’m sure they’ll be okay

@programmer1840

Жыл бұрын

I feel like the Americans or Chinese would have taken more risks and got it done quicker.

@CrazyMurica

Жыл бұрын

@@nutsackreviews quality of life is one of the best among developed countries

@slavi8433

Жыл бұрын

@@CrazyMurica working 12 hours a day with minimum wage i wouldnt really call that quality of life why do you think suicide rates are so high and birth rates so low

I have traveled on a high-speed train at 300kph between Naples and Rome. The experience was quite memorable and futuristic. Would prefer it over a plane every time.

@JukaDominator

Жыл бұрын

I'll be in Italy later this year, could you please tell me how you can ride on that train? I've never been to Europe before.

@lorenzocelata4107

Жыл бұрын

The main line north-south (Turin - Milan - Bologna - Florence - Rome - Naples) Is High Speed now. Just book any FrecciaRossa on those line and you'll be on one of those trains.

@AelwynMr

Жыл бұрын

High speed rail in Italy has effectively killed our national airline: nobody in their right mind would go through the hassle of taking a national flight, save for the islands. The train is so much more convenient.

@AelwynMr

Жыл бұрын

​@@JukaDominator Also the Venice-Florence-Rome line is high speed, if that's where you plan to visit. "Just" 250 kmh, though.

@JukaDominator

Жыл бұрын

@@lorenzocelata4107 Thank you so much! Out of curiosity, how much and how long did the trip take?

What amazes me is that the TGV in France managed to go 357.2mph. Only 17.49mph slower than the Maglevs record run. The TGV is a conventional train with the resistance from the wheel sets and the overhead pantographs. Maglev didn't have any of those drawbacks. You would of thought the Maglev would of left the TGV for dust. Don't get me wrong, the maglev is an amazing piece of engineering and an absolute marvel to read about. But still, you gotta hand it to the French Engineers, they really know what they're doing.

@bandsalat8995

5 ай бұрын

The TGV reached that astonishing speed only after heavy modifications of the train itself as well as the tracks and the overhead wire. That once in a lifetime configuration was far away from regular service in any meaning, only in order to achieve the world record.

Thanks for the video. It doesn't seem to be as smooth a ride as I had imagined but I am guessing that is due to variations in the "track" itself. Amazing technology.

I rode the maglev people mover at Disney World in 1979 and my girlfriend couldn't understand why I was so excited about it. "This is the future!", I said. Now, 40+ years later, it's still the future.

@svenlakemeier

Жыл бұрын

That isn't maglev. It has a linear motor, but runs on wheels.

@mrxmry3264

Жыл бұрын

@@svenlakemeier it only uses its wheels up to about 150 km/h because at low speeds the interaction between the superconducting magnets in the train and the coils in the track is too weak to support the weight. above 150 km/h the magnets supply enough lift and the wheels retract.

@sammiller6631

Жыл бұрын

Is your girlfriend still around 40+ years later?

@SilmarilS79

Жыл бұрын

@@mrxmry3264 He talked about the disney ride.

@gavcom4060

Жыл бұрын

@@mrxmry3264 does the people mover even go that fast?

I’m glad you had that high viz and hard hat on. Nice and safe near a 500kmph train.

@cybergeek11235

Жыл бұрын

I suspect it's to make it easier to find the pieces - kind of like airplane seatbelts.

@cmyk8964

Жыл бұрын

FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES PER HOUR?!

@johannes.f.r.

Жыл бұрын

If there is a small piece of debris flying away from the train, a hard hat can definitely save the day.

@jacobfromallstate4963

Жыл бұрын

There's been plenty of people who could have survived if they were wearing a hard hat. As someone else said, there's always a chance of a piece of debris being flung by the passing train.

@thany3

Жыл бұрын

@@johannes.f.r. Or just a small piece of a tree branch or pebble that's brought along. They'll probably make it so that the general public cannot go anywhere near the tracks. Bridges over the tracks are most likely going to be protected as well.

Tom is so excited in this video, it's very nice to see

As a train nerd, this is so cool! It's something being told how fast it goes and then seeing it on camera. It's SO fast!

@KhoPhi

Жыл бұрын

THIS. Experiencing Heathrow Express blew my mind at 160km/hr I'm here trying to process how like about 3x speed of that will be in reality. Edit: Its 160, not 200

@joshpipe7755

Жыл бұрын

@@KhoPhi Heathrow Express is only 160km/hr, right? :D

@Dead25m

Жыл бұрын

@@joshpipe7755 Yup

@MIO9_sh

Жыл бұрын

​​@@KhoPhi You'd feel like riding on an airliner that never take off , more than trying to comprehend a train going at that speed

@KhoPhi

Жыл бұрын

@@joshpipe7755 you're right. It has a top speed of 160km/hr for Heathrow Express. That is the fastest train I've been on till date. From Heathrow to Paddington.

I remember MagLevs being the next huge thing. Saying they were already being tested in Germany. Then they never really happened. Amazing opportunity for you Tom

@kyh148

Жыл бұрын

The Shanghai Maglev actually uses German Transrapid technology, iirc

@NonsensicalSpudz

Жыл бұрын

I think a big problem was cost and well technology

@niyiu3547

Жыл бұрын

Germany and trains... lmao

@OldSkoolUncleChris

Жыл бұрын

I remember when MONORAILS were the next big thing 😂

@PrograError

Жыл бұрын

it works... just that the normal stuff is just cheaper and still works... there's a margin when Maglev will make a comeback... (sans the nutty ideas of a hypertube or something...)

The governor of Shizuoka Pref, Kawakatsu, who is totally taken over by CCP is opposing the construction in Shizuoka.. That is why construction has been on hold.

Excited! Waiting to use Maglev trains in Japan.

gave me chills when the train went past. i bet that was intense being there in person experiencing something that large and fast going by

@AntonyTCurtis

Жыл бұрын

The Japanese have spent a lot of money, time and effort to make trains generate less noise pollution.

@angelholiday

Жыл бұрын

I went there once and I can say Tom's speechless reaction is real. I only stand on the observation deck which Tom was facing in the video, that sound that wind and that speed still shocks everyone. I do encourage everyone to visit that facility. You won't even feel that even in car racing or watching planes take off.

@darrennew8211

Жыл бұрын

It's like a fighter jet going by.

@MonkeyJedi99

Жыл бұрын

That 500kph is about 40% of the speed of sound at sea level, or about 3 times the typical speed of a bullet, or about 87 times the flight speed of an unladen swallow.

@eyald.8252

Жыл бұрын

Yep. I've experienced bullet trains passing by me at full speed, so this must've been a shocking experience

Tom, it's fascinating you were deathly afraid of a simple roller coaster, and yet are totally relaxed on a 300+ m.p.h. train. The mind does bizarre things to us.

@myladycasagrande863

Жыл бұрын

Being fully contained and having all of the environmental cues for "normal travel" make a world of difference... and not beginning with a heart-stopping plunge helps.

@sammiller6631

Жыл бұрын

a simple roller coaster simply does not have simple walls and ceiling

@wytfish4855

Жыл бұрын

he said it as much, it's less about speed and more about the sudden drops that gives you the heaving shits. you take all the exciting elements of a roller coaster away and what would you get? a train. of sorts.

@57thorns

Жыл бұрын

@@wytfish4855 You get the kids train at the amusement park, or the cars on tracks.

@akamesama

Жыл бұрын

I would say that passenger rail (at least in the US) is held to much higher safety standards than roller coasters. Though passenger accidents on both are highly infrequent; they both have the same number of passenger deaths in the USA (~5 per year), but most train deaths are from passenger behavior, where amusement park deaths are predominately maintenance issues. There are also many more deaths from railways with employees and at crosswalks, but those are not specific to riding a train.

Thank you for that perspective on maglev trains.

Awesome videos mate, keep em up!

Geoff Marshall is gonna be seriously envious that you got to ride that train now.

@poppinc8145

Жыл бұрын

Who?

@thejfoshow1320

Жыл бұрын

@@poppinc8145 he’s a KZreadr who visits train stations I believe

@msclrhd

Жыл бұрын

@@poppinc8145 Another KZreadr who is interested in trains. He and Vicki Pipe did a KZread series called All the Stations where they visited every train station in the UK.

@flare2000x

Жыл бұрын

@@poppinc8145 British KZreadr who makes videos mostly about passenger trains and public transport

@cybergothiche2

Жыл бұрын

​@@poppinc8145 train daddy

That thing going by at 500 km/h is the most amazing sound I've ever heard.

@Yora21

Жыл бұрын

It is considerably faster than the physical speed limit of helicopters.

@niamhoconnor8986

Жыл бұрын

Definitely sounded like a well made sci-fi sound effect! Glorious

@Acehitman369

Жыл бұрын

Wow they need this here in America

This is what I think of fast trains. We need more of this.

Great video!! Really amazing. It would have also been interesting to know about the objections that are being placed against its implementation. Thanks as always.

Meanwhile in Canada, I'd be thrilled if we could have commuter trains that traveled at an average speed of 100 km/h-heck, I'd even take 80!

@Lampuunion9989

Жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in the us , have poorly public transport, be grateful for your canada

@HonkeyKong54

10 ай бұрын

@@Lampuunion9989 don’t even have a bus in my city in Canada

@danielmisgana2672

10 ай бұрын

We don’t even have sidewalks

@JustCallMeAarav

9 ай бұрын

In India, I'm suprised with 40. Also, our trains are too over crowded.

@markheatherington8367

9 ай бұрын

Meanwhile in America, I'd be thrilled if Amtrack ran to their actual schedule the speed at which is secondary. 4 times I've bought tickets for Amtrack trains and 4 times I got there on a bus 😮‍💨

I really appreciate the last 15s shot at 10degree bank angle being able to show us how many different things has to happen when building a train like this capable of 603kph and still at full speed feeling like gliding over a puffy cloud.

@tstcikhthys

10 ай бұрын

* km/h

@blai.arabia4238

9 ай бұрын

@@tstcikhthys kph means kilometers per hour, which is the same you just wrote.

@tstcikhthys

9 ай бұрын

@@blai.arabia4238 No, it doesn't. It means "kilopicohours", which amounts to "nanohours". You can't abbreviate in the metric system; you can only use symbols. And it's _kilometres,_ not "kilometers".

@Kofja

9 ай бұрын

@@tstcikhthys what does it matter when you understood they meant kmh?

@tstcikhthys

9 ай бұрын

@@Kofja Because they're two different things (and it's km/h, not kmh). Just because the other person can parse someone's mistakes doesn't mean they didn't make a mistake. It's like saying, "why point out my mistake that 2 + 2 = 22 when you know how to add?"

When Tom Scott is amazed by something, that is really something

It will start running in Japan soon, so please come to Japan and experience the world of 500km/h.

Unbelievable how quiet it is! You can still hear Tom when it goes by at full speed

@philreed1605

Жыл бұрын

It’s still quieter than a British Pacer train, even at 300 mph!

@beback_

Жыл бұрын

In a tunnel, no less

@phattjohnson

Жыл бұрын

Still quieter than my postman's motorbike!

@RFC-3514

Жыл бұрын

Er, Tom doesn't talk while the train is going by at full speed (3:17 - 3:27), so if you're hearing him, he might be right behind you shooting a new video. ;-)

@alangordon3283

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant .

Im weirdly happy for Tom. He always is so excited and I think he deserves it all

At 7:33 Tom says that it’s “a little bit louder than you’d expect from a train”-I wonder how much of that sound is just the force of air moving past the train in the tunnel?

Tom’s videos remind me of ‘Beyond 2000.’ An Australian documentry series from 1985 & featured future technology, innovations and many more! It was my favourite show as a kid 😄

@lawrencecalablaster568

Жыл бұрын

I remember that!

That SOUND as it zoomed past was so cool - and awesomely complimented by the reverb of the tunnel! Incredible! 👀

@rosen9425

Жыл бұрын

might be a problem for actual maglev lines tho. I don't know how much current high-speed trains sound but Germany apparently had problems with the tunnel mouth designs in the past. Also wheel noise should be louder going slower speeds so maybe maglev is quieter overall.

@jwalster9412

Жыл бұрын

It was super sci-fi.

@OurCumrade

Жыл бұрын

When I watched the whole video and still can’t hear pls give timestamp

@OurCumrade

Жыл бұрын

Time stamp pls

I luckily got a ride in the German maglev before it closed down. It was an experience crusing at 535km/h and feeling perfectly level in the turns while seeing a sideways world outside the window.

@kyohiromitsu4010

Жыл бұрын

You mean 420km/h.

@klaernie

Жыл бұрын

@@kyohiromitsu4010 you're probably right. That was almost 20 years ago, and my memory is a bit fuzzy. I just distinctly remember the not-feeling of the speed and seeing the Emsland zip by.

Japan is the most futuristic country in the world. I love Japan 🇯🇵❤️😊

Japan's love of trains over cars and planes is so unfathomably based

@Satellaview1889

9 ай бұрын

I wish we had more trains in America. Our road networks are boring, loud, and really not fuel efficient. Trains are so much cooler.

Imagine if Amtrack had the funding and expertise of JapanRail. Such a shame our legislators don’t prioritize these things

@damianodonnell5844

Жыл бұрын

It seems they only prioritise derailments at the moment

@RCAvhstape

Жыл бұрын

*Amtrak

@SomeGuy-ty7kr

Жыл бұрын

JapanRail is a private company which self funds (technically seven, I think), so I'm not sure why our legislature needs to be involved.

@VulpesHilarianus

Жыл бұрын

@@damianodonnell5844 Nah, that's CSX and Norfolk Southern. Who supposedly "maintain" the rails. And by "maintain" I mean ignoring them until they fail and then crying to the federal government to give them the money to replace it all with worse quality stuff.

@davidblakeslee3732

Жыл бұрын

@@SomeGuy-ty7kr I would love if they didn’t have to be involved. Unfortunately many of them take lobbying money from airlines and are actively working against passenger rail projects. An uninvolved legislator would be a step up from our current situation

I just came back from Japan. Shikansen bullet train is such an amazing experience. Quiet, comfortable, spacious, and amazing window views.

@FiredAndIced

Жыл бұрын

That itself is marvelous, given how the whole shinkansen project nearly didn't take off as expected back in the day. The new tech promised is maglev, and I want to know if it's feasible to build and make one, not just in Japan, but other parts of the world.

@korenn9381

Жыл бұрын

@@FiredAndIced arguably Japan is the worst country to build it in - mountains everywhere and seismically active. So it should be fine in other parts of the world. But it'll be limited to rich countries only - the construction costs are enormous. Even if that money can be recouped from usage later.

@zsoltpeterdaniel8413

Жыл бұрын

@@korenn9381 Japan is a great country to develop it, because it forces them to implement more safety features due to seizmic activities.

@piuthemagicman

Жыл бұрын

​@@korenn9381 Japan & Switzerland - Both extremely mountainous and, as you know, known for their incredible unique railways and trains each in their own way.

@macjonte

Жыл бұрын

And built in the 60s. :)

We also in Italy have decades of expertise in high speed railways but Japan is on another level. Truly amazing engineering.

ahh i love toms videos. The built in youtube subtitles are blank when they translated japanese in-video subtitles are playing so you dont get overlap

Im usually someone who finds things in nature to be more exciting than what humans can do but the fact we can do this amazes me.

Gotta love Tom's "Bloody" and facial expression as that thing goes by. That's the reaction of someone who thought they were prepared and weren't. Fascinated by how the train will float without power over a certain speed using the induction in the magnets, really clever and something I wondered about.

7:38 You COULD have a conversation, but you wouldn't, because it's public transportation in Japan.

I loved your presentation and your respect and thanfulness for to be able to try it.

WOW!!!! I'm thinking of how quickly I could get to different places in the US. Amazing technology! thanks for sharing.

This is an amazing video! Not just because maglev is still a thing and you got to ride it, but it must have cost the company quite a bit to run the train empty twice - just for you! I think we're all grateful they considered the publicity to be worth the cost.

@matsv201

Жыл бұрын

They are dirt cheep to run and they need the hours on the clock for certification.

@chaos.corner

Жыл бұрын

@@matsv201 I was about to say they gave Tom one of the test rides :D

@onlineo2263

Жыл бұрын

@@matsv201 not really true. Electricity is expensive. I imagine this used a lot of it! Also they have already driven this train 104 times around the world or something like that. Do they really need any more testing?

@ChickenSDS

Жыл бұрын

​@@onlineo2263 do you really need crash tests if the car says 'safe to ride' on the window?

@hjalfi

Жыл бұрын

@@onlineo2263 For a maglev, not _that_ expensive --- regenerative braking, remember!

I was completely blown away by the Eurostar at 300 kph. This thing is absolutely amazing. New bucket list item!

@darren25061965

Жыл бұрын

I travelled on the TGV Duplex at 318kph, 198mph. Excellent train, the smoothest and quietest train I have ever experienced. Travelled from Paris to Munich.

Excellent presentation. I liked it. Thanks for sharing.