A Japanese bullet train just topped records at 374 mph.

Posted on Wednesday, May 6th, 2015 at 13:30

micdotcom:

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Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai)’s maglev train
— short for magnetic levitation, meaning a train that moves along by
magnets and “hovers” four inches above the train’s rail-less path —
reached a top speed of 374 mph for 10.8 seconds. The fastest train in America, comes pathetically no where close.

Britain’s proposed HS2 isn’t even aiming to compete…