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Uploaded by on Jun 1, 2007

The Linimo Maglev runs from Fujigaoka to Yakusa in Aichi near Nagoya
Shot with my great old Sony DCR-TRV50E

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  • whats the point of building expensive maglev if it runs slow?

  • @sadhaklal It was built for an expo and fills a niche in a commuting service.

  • Toooooooooo slow :(((

  • @hautecontrre Try the same trip by road :-((((((((

  • @Rocketboy1950 Why road?

    It can be LRT, BRT or Monorail instead of this superexpensive maglev.

    $100 million per kilometer for this?!!

  • @hautecontrre You have to consider why it was built. They did it to showcase Japanese technology for the World Expo.

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  • Every nation should aspire to become just half as techie as Japan. Sweet ride.

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  • The advantage of a Japanese maglev (to a German one) is that at low speeds, it runs on wheels & may be adapted to run on conventional rail tracks.

  • 2005, I was there. Its a bit disappointing the speed is not greater.

  • 4:22 =)

  • I tried this train.

    It was soooo smooth and silent.

    You can actually feel when it floats before leaving the station too :P

    Future ride

  • @Rocketboy1950 I love the superspeed maglevs the most, i.e. Transrapid and JR Maglev. Those trains are really fast, efficient and reliable. To build a Transrapid maglev line costs the same as a High Speed train line or less.

  • @matsv201 Vielleicht

  • @hautecontrre

    Actually its was "only" $65M/km. Its quite a lot faster then it looks, its maximum of 100km/h and acceleration of about 1m/s^2, witch is about 30% more than a tram/subway/bus. The trip would take about twice the time with LRT/BRT or monorail.

    The high price tag is because of the prototype nature, its include development cost, and its really unfair to count development cost on a short railway as this.

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