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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. JR Central plans to use the L0 series on the Chūō Shinkansen railway line between Tokyo and Osaka, which ...
The Chuo Shinkansen (中央新幹線, Central Shinkansen) is a Japanese maglev line under construction between Tokyo and Nagoya, with plans for extension to Osaka. Its initial section is between Shinagawa Station in Tokyo and Nagoya Station in Nagoya, with stations in Sagamihara , Kōfu , Iida and Nakatsugawa .
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 Chūō Shinkansen route (bold yellow and red line) and existing Tōkaidō Shinkansen route (thin blue line) The Chuo Shinkansen is a high-speed maglev line in Japan. Construction began in 2014, with commercial operations expected to start by 2027. [136] The 2027 target was given up in July 2020. [137]
An L0 Series trainset, holding the non-conventional train world speed record of 603 km/h (375 mph) TGV 4402 (operation V150) reaching 574.8 km/h (357 mph). The world record for a conventional wheeled passenger train is held by a modified French TGV high-speed (with standard equipment) code named V150, set in 2007 when it reached 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) on a 140 km (87 mi) section of LGV Est ...
A retired 0 Series Shinkansen power car was donated to the National Railway Museum, in 2000. This is one of only two Shinkansen on display in a museum outside of Japan. [101] The Class 395, part of the A-Train family of rolling stock, incorporates technology from the 400 Series Shinkansen. [102]
L0 series maglev train on the Yamanashi test track Proposed Shinkansen lines as defined in the Nationwide Shinkansen Development Act. A maglev line between Tokyo and Osaka, the Chūō Shinkansen, is under construction by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).
Production of 0 series units continued from 1963 until 1986. Shinkansen sets are generally retired after fifteen to twenty years. The final remaining 0 series sets were six-car sets used on JR-West Kodama services on the San'yō Shinkansen between Shin-Ōsaka and Hakata, and on the Hakata-Minami Line until their retirement on 30 November 2008.