I reserve the fastest train in the world
all to myself here in Japan
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today is gonna be a special one I
contacted the maker of the fastest train
in the world Jr Central and asked them
if I could reserve their maglev train
for an entire day and believe it or not
they said yes and of course I get to
bring all of you guys along for the ride
this train isn't even available to the
general public yet so this is going to
be epic but like always if you guys want
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get our train on
so if you guys didn't get it yet yep I'm
again the first YouTube content creator
to get full access to the yamanashi
maglev train testing facility so their
research started in 1962 and they've
been developing the maglev technology
ever since ultimately building what
we're gonna ride today the linear Chio
shinkansen train the fastest train on
the planet running initially from Tokyo
to Nagoya and then to Osaka officially
opening after 2027 so I guess I'm a
little early
fun little fact this superconducting
magnet train operates without a driver
physically seated in the Train's cockpit
instead you'll only find cameras there
it's all fully automated wow look at
that Guinness World Record certificate
right here it says the world's fastest
maglev train 603 kilometers an hour
374.69 miles per hour that is amazing
let's see what's beyond this door
okay so there are three doors whoa I
guess four one two three four in an
elevator which door should we go in
right now
let's start with number one
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wow so look at this rooftop this is
awesome and look this is the bridge
right here where the maglev train passes
by so I think the train is gonna come
right now probably count it down but I
think it should be coming
it's coming it's coming
whoa that was so fast so the Train's
normal operating speeds is about 500
kilometers per hour 311 miles per hour
which means it cuts down the current
Tokyo to Osaka two and a half hour
shinkansen ride down to only 67 minutes
for people in the states Washington DC
to New York in just one hour okay so it
looks like this is the boarding area
right here so we've got some seats right
here oh and there's a display just right
there as well
thank you
I guess it explains where the train is
right now okay so I think the train has
just arrived the door's gonna open
shortly
so this boarding dock was specifically
designed and constructed for the maglev
since it travels so fast the waiting
area needed to be completely sealed off
protected from air pressure and magnetic
forces very airplane dock-like as it
extends out to the train creating a
tunnel for the passengers to board
okay that door is open let's go inside
since we have the train for the day I
think I'll take a round-trip ride
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look at all of these brand new empty
seats since we reserved the whole entire
train we get to choose any seat we want
but just look at this it's amazing so
apparently this is the first cab here
there's actually two designs that they
are still contemplating which one that
they're going to use this is the first
design you can see it's kind of like a
darker design you have these Ultra new
bucket seats The Contours to your body
and it has some like LED panels here at
the top graded LED that's going through
for this shelf area and then a net at
the top here you can see that some of
this is still not finished but you can
see the carpet also has like a darker
feel to it there is some storage right
here but I do know that there is another
design so let's go check out the next
car and see if we like that one or this
one better and then we'll decide to sit
in that one
cool I'm liking what I'm seeing here
this car feels a lot brighter than the
other one and you can see it has the
white sidewalls and then even the rails
here are kind of a ventilated you can
see up into it it doesn't have like the
LED gradient so it just feels brighter
in this entire car and the seats look
pretty much the same compared to that
ones yeah I think I'm gonna choose this
one instead
okay the seat feeling pretty comfortable
let's see how much it reclines
oh that's good I like it and then it has
a tray here as well
wow it's even carbon fiber I guess
they're trying to make the train a lot
lighter oh and look they even have a USB
charging ports ready to go and just
right here you can see that it has these
kind of u-shaped seats that kind of
gives you your own private space and if
you want to sleep I guess you can just
go like that and even there's a little
place you can put your drink look at
this the center armrest is a little bit
different than I've ever seen before you
know when you get on the plane or you
ever get on the train and someone is
like controlling the armrest this one
has a built-in divider so you know which
side is your side oh okay before we
start I want to actually check out the
toilet so let's do that right now before
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thank you
okay this is a pretty spacious toilet
space pretty much has everything you
would need even a baby changer if you
want you can put your baby here while
you're taking a number one or number two
it looks like you can operate the doors
from here open and shut do you have get
any problems you can call the train
attendant to build in sinks which is a
pretty freaking crazy sanitary napkin
disposal seat cleaning disposal regular
disposal the toilet even has its own
backrest so if you want to chill for a
while your back won't get sore it even
has a little coat hanger here so I guess
if you want a little bit of alone time
you have all the space in the world to
do it right here anyways the train is
about to start so let's go back to our
scene
okay that was a quick bathroom trip so I
think the train is going to start right
now and it started to rain a little bit
outside
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oh wow and you can see right there in
the screen it's going at 27 kilometers
an hour
they were going through the tunnel right
now just about right here I think the
wheels are going up
ah
it's a lot smoother I wish I just you
know had a drink and I could chill here
now going
320 kilometers an hour but it doesn't
feel any different than it was earlier
it's pretty smooth
so I think we're gonna go ahead back the
other way and we're gonna hit 500
kilometers an hour now we're actually
going backwards and you feel like the
force is like pushing you like this so
surprisingly going even like 200
kilometers an hour quiet Lexi even gets
quieter the faster we go like when you
start you feel a little bit the
turbulence it's like hear the noise but
as soon as you get to a higher speed
gets even quieter let's go thank you
we're 20.
we're about to do it
look we're going 500 kilometers an hour
and I'm standing up this is awesome
it isn't so so smooth no different than
riding the shinkansen so maybe a little
bit louder maybe the same all right so I
think the train is slowing down a little
bit because I've quieted down and just
kind of landed I really feel like I rode
an airplane and just got back from
flying across the world you know Landing
back home that's what it feels like
right now well that was quite a
levitating experience I don't know about
you guys but after this I'm all about
traveling by magnets if I can go this
fast and you can see right here the
front of the train but that's um pretty
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