It seemed that the war of fastest train will continue. Few months after China announces the world’s fastest train operational at about 302 miles per hour (486 kilometres per hour) during a test run on a still unopened line between Beijing and Shanghai, Japan has yet again stepped up front to announce a new challenger. This time, it’s going even faster (8 miles per hour more, to be exact), as the train will be running up to 310 miles per hour.

This train will be connecting Tokyo and Nagoya on a 178 miles rail extension line. The project is estimated to cost about $64 billion, and will effectively cut down journey time by 40 minutes from the previous one and a half hour.

Now, how the hell are they going to make the train go so fast? Quad-turbocharging with 200 units of radiators cooling the twin-W16 engine? Well, that might be the next Bugatti Veyron, but this new rail will be using magnetic levitation force borrowed from Magneto. Powerful magnets will be used to elevate the train above the track, cutting down friction while still preventing the train from going off-rail.

SOURCE via Inhabitat