Maglev train makes test run

Maglev train makes test run

NAGOYA, Japan - Shoichiro Toyoda (R), former President of Toyota Motor Corp. and now head of the organizing body for the planned 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, and Kohei Abe (C), chairman of the Chubu Economic Federation, take a test run on a high-speed magnetically levitated train Oct. 12, as the project's promoters geared up efforts to have the system put into commercial use for the first time in the world. The promoters aim to have the high speed surface transport (HSST) train in operation for the planned world expo in Aichi Prefecture.

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