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In 2009, Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism decided that the SCMaglev system was ready for commercial operation. In 2011, the ministry gave JR Central permission to operate the SCMaglev system on their planned Chūō Shinkansen linking Tokyo and Nagoya by 2034, and to Osaka by 2037. Construction is currently underway.
Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) now operates the facilities and research. The line is intended to extend and incorporate the existing Yamanashi test track . The trainsets are popularly known in Japan as linear motor car (リニアモーターカー, rinia mōtā kā), though there are many technical variations.
The SCMaglev and Railway Park (リニア・鉄道館 ～夢と想い出のミュージアム～, Rinia Tetsudōkan: Yume to Omoide no Myūjiamu, lit. ' Linear Railway Museum: Museum of Dreams and Memories ') is a railway museum owned by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Nagoya, Japan. [1] The museum opened on 14 March 2011. [2]
Northeast Maglev (formally, The Northeast Maglev, LLC) is a private U.S. company proposing a maglev train system in the Northeastern United States. [2] The company aims to use the SCMaglev superconducting maglev system developed by the Central Japan Railway Company to provide 15-minute service between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., with an intermediate stop at BWI Airport, and ultimately ...
SCMaglev guideway 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.
Washington, D.C. – New York City: Using Superconducting Maglev (SCMAGLEV) technology developed by the Central Japan Railway Company, the Northeast Maglev would ultimately connect major Northeast metropolitan hubs and airports with a goal of one-hour service from Washington, D.C. to New York City. [29]
A JNR map from the October 1964 English-language timetable, showing the then-new Tokaido Shinkansen line (in red) and conventional lines A 0 series set in front of Mount Fuji. Japan was the first country to build dedicated railway lines for high-speed travel.
Japan's railways carried 9.147 billion passengers (260 billion passenger-kilometres) in the year 2013–14. [3] In comparison, Germany has over 40,000 km (25,000 mi) of railways, but carries only 2.2 billion passengers per year. [4] Because of the massive use of its railway system, Japan is home to 46 of the world's 50 busiest stations. [5]