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Japan has started testing its fastest-ever bullet train—capable of reaching 400 kilometers per hour—as it
continues to develop the revolutionary mode of travel.
The ALFA-X version of the Shinkansen train began three years’ worth of test runs on Friday. 41 it enters
operation sometime around 2030, it will run at speeds of up to 360 kph, comfortably making it the world’s fastest
bullet train. It will also outpace China’s Fuxing train, which runs at 10 kph slower 42 being designed with the
same top speed capabilities as the ALFA-X. The model’s futuristic design features 10 cars and a long pointed nose.
It’ll be tested on the line between the cities of Sendai and Aomori, which are about 280 kilometers 43 .
The ALFA-X marks a new stage of growth for the Shinkansen, pushing the world-renowned high speed rail
service even faster towards the future. Its testing debut comes 44 Japan’s new high-speed Shinkansen N700S
continues tests that began just over a year ago. That model will enter operation in 2020, but its maximum speeds of
300 kph—the same as other N700 series trains—will be easily surpassed by the ALFA-X. The flurry of new models
coincides 45 Japan’s preparations to host the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
No matter what speeds the train achieves during its test runs, it won’t match the record-breaking pace of Japan
Railway’s magnetic levitation, or maglev, train which hit 603 kph on an experimental track in 2015.
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