A Canadian company has unveiled plans for a fully electric train-style vehicle which could travel at 1,000 kilometers per hour and, it claims, would cost less than a plane ticket to travel on.
Has there been ANY investigation on how signaling for something this fast might work? The Tokaido Shinkansen, which goes much slower, can handle a train about every 3 minutes, and that's because of its excellent signalling. The faster the train goes, the more space is needed between trains for safety. Is there any signalling tech that will work for something like this to allow 2 minute headways?
The Chuo Shinkansen, the maglev current being built between Nagoya and Tokyo, is capable of 505 km/h and can only run 6 trains per hour. I've heard that's mostly because of the switches, but how do these guys think they can achieve 2 minute headways at this speed?
lmao I missed the "1000kph" in the headline because the "first phase" they propose will only be that 300km shot, but at 45 minutes that's max 400 kilometers per hour
deleted by creator
:kelly:
Has there been ANY investigation on how signaling for something this fast might work? The Tokaido Shinkansen, which goes much slower, can handle a train about every 3 minutes, and that's because of its excellent signalling. The faster the train goes, the more space is needed between trains for safety. Is there any signalling tech that will work for something like this to allow 2 minute headways?
"signaling?"
The Chuo Shinkansen, the maglev current being built between Nagoya and Tokyo, is capable of 505 km/h and can only run 6 trains per hour. I've heard that's mostly because of the switches, but how do these guys think they can achieve 2 minute headways at this speed?
lmao I missed the "1000kph" in the headline because the "first phase" they propose will only be that 300km shot, but at 45 minutes that's max 400 kilometers per hour
so, still slower than this Japanese maglev, lol