Future Trains

Future trains may travel in the air with no tracks hence no surface as well as air friction.Japan is using maglev(magnetic levitation) technology for fast speed trains, levitation means to rise or cause to rise into the air and float in apparent defiance of gravity. Maglev uses magnets to travel above the ground and hence can travel at high speeds.The magnetic field created by the electrified coils in the guideway walls and the track combine to propel the train. Maglev transport systems are in operation in just three countries Japan, South Korea and China.

 

A Japan Railway maglev train hit 603 kilometers per hour on an experimental track in Yamanashi setting a decisive new world record. The train is planned to begin service in 2027. Right now China operates the world's fastest commercial maglev, which has hit 431 kilometers per hour on a route through Shanghai.

Elon Musk new concept of Hyperloop transporation technolgy where a train can travel upto 700 mph .Hyperloop would work by propelling pods at high speeds through a vacuum tube with almost all air removed, capsules carrying passengers or cargo would be pushed along by a series of electromagnets. The almost complete lack of friction due to low air pressure means the train could travel at speeds of over 800mph, and 760mph with passengers on board.

China to take on Elon Musk hyperloop with supersonic flying train .China working on flying train which can travel at around 2500Mils/hour according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation in short called CASC. Although the technology is still in its teething stages,the flying train is in essence a passenger pod that uses magnetic levitation and travels through a near-vacuum tube according to CASC  manager Liu Shiquan. The concept is similar to that of the Hyperloop.