Maglev train speeds at over 500 km/h in test drive

Maglev train speeds at over 500 km/h in test drive

TOKYO, Japan - A screen monitor inside Central Japan Railway Co.'s maglev train shows it running at a speed of 502 kilometers per hour during a test drive in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, in a file photo taken in September 2014.

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