Superfast bullet train that rivals airplane flying times set to debut in Japan

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Passengers will be able to travel 680 miles, from Tokyo and Sapporo, in less than four hours.

Jiji Press / AFP - Getty ImagesThe picture of a “bullet train” speeding past Mount Fuji is an iconic image of modern Japan.

At that speed, the 680-mile journey between Tokyo and Sapporo, the largest city in the northern Hokkaido region, will take less than four hours. That’s around half the time it takes today, thanks to a newthat is set to open between the two cities in 2030, when the Alfa-X trains will go into service.

 

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Sounds real dangerous.

680 miles in four hours doesn't challenge air travel times, that's only 170 miles per hour on average, airplanes fly considerably faster.

Whose being left behind in every area. AMERICA is. Thanks trump. You and your complicit republicans have done NOTHING

They need to build our bullet train here in California, obviously they know what they are doing.

Why can't we have nice things? Oh, right. The Ahole in chief would never let it go.

ZG1788 Meanwhile in America....

Strange trump just block America's fast trains

Hopefully all the major bugs are all worked out once it goes into service

But does Japan have a spaceforce?

Americans are afraid of progress

What you can build when you don't waste all your money on fighter jets.

bigbabygravycab This will be disastrous .

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Dog face on the front. Now you can't un-see it.

How long would it take to get to Fresno from Merced in that?

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Honorable

The world moves forward and the US goes backwards with the GOP

Trump derailed our's

Will you ride this train?

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