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L0 Series maglev train at Yamanashi test track. The SCMaglev (superconducting maglev, formerly called the MLU) is a magnetic levitation railway system developed by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the Railway Technical Research Institute.
The L0 Series (Japanese: L （ エル ） 0 （ ゼロ ） 系 （ けい ）, Hepburn: Eru-zero-kei, "L zero series") [3] is a high-speed maglev train which the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) has been developing and testing.
The superconducting coils use Niobium–titanium alloy cooled to a temperature of −269 °C (4.15 K; −452 °F) with liquid helium. [48] Magnetic coils are used both for levitation and propulsion. The trains are accelerated by alternating currents on the ground producing attraction and repulsion forces with the coils on the train.
The highest-recorded maglev speed is 603 kilometres per hour (375 mph), achieved in Japan by JR Central's L0 superconducting maglev on 21 April 2015, [108] 28 kilometres per hour (17 mph) faster than the conventional TGV wheel-rail speed record. However, the operational and performance differences between these two very different technologies ...
Notable projects in Asia include Central Japan Railway Company's superconducting maglev train and Shanghai's maglev train, the oldest commercial maglev still in operation. Elsewhere, various projects have been considered across Europe and Northeast Maglev aims to overhaul North America's Northeast Corridor with JR Central's SCMaglev technology.
Old Dominion University maglev: In 1999, Old Dominion University agreed to work with American Maglev of Atlanta to construct an on-campus student transportation link of less than 1-mile (1.6 km) — using a smart train / dumb track design in which most sensors, magnets, and computation were located on the train rather than the track. [36]
JR–Maglev MLX01-1, April 2013 Shinkansen Train Zone, March 2011. MLX01 SCMaglev car No. MLX01-1 (built 1995 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, from JR Research) 0 Series Shinkansen car – No. 21-86 (built 1971 by Kisha Seizo, from Hamamatsu Works) 0 Series Shinkansen car – No. 16-2034 (built 1986 by Nippon Sharyo, from Hamamatsu Works)
Linimo is owned and operated by the Aichi Rapid Transit Company, Ltd. (愛知高速交通株式会社, Aichi Kōsoku Kōtsū kabushiki-gaisha) and is the first commercial maglev in Japan to use the High Speed Surface Transport (HSST) type technology. [1] It is also the world's first uncrewed commercial urban maglev. [2]