high speed rail
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Japanese High-Speed Rail Line Was Brought To Standstill By Tiny Slug That Fried On Power Cable
Japanese rail company JR Kitakyushu says that one small slug was responsible for a power outage and subsequent delays for an estimated 12,000 commuters on a high-speed rail line in Kyushu on May 30, CNN reported on Tuesday.
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Hyperloop Is The Perfect Way To Move Goods — Not People
The Hyperloop may prove to be a wondrous and radical technology that will change everything we know about travel. But there are several major challenges it needs to overcome, and those challenges suggest that Hyperloop might be better suited for transporting goods — not people.
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In The Future, International Airline Travel Will Actually Be Fun Again
Travelling abroad is inherently thrilling — but then there’s that interminable, soul-sucking trek to get there. In the future, things might be very different.
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Why Japan’s Bullet Train Will Finally Bring High-Speed Rail To America
High-speed trains — which can hit 480km/h or more — are the ultimate example of how futuristic engineering can solve real-world transportation problems. In the past several decades, dozens of safe, sustainable high-speed train systems have started racing across the planet. And the place that does high-speed rail best is where it all started over…