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OK, so no surprises about where our number one train comes from. Japan, the original home of high speed rail, has been busy developing railway technology that appears to have been lifted straight out of the pages of a science fiction novel. The L0 series Shinkansen, is a high-speed maglev train that the Central Japan Railway Company, J R Central. is currently developing and testing. J R Central plans to use the L0 series on the Chūō Shinkansen railway line between Tokyo and Osaka, which, as of 2021, is still under construction.   The L0 series uses the Japanese designed, SC Maglev system. The SC Maglev system, which stands for superconducting maglev system, uses powerful superconducting magnets to generate stabilising, guiding, and lifting forces, that allow the train to hover 100mm, or 4 inches, above the tracks. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Nippon Sharyo, a subsidiary of J R Central, are building fourteen L0 pre-production vehicles.   On 21 April 2015, a seven-car train set a land speed record for rail vehicles, reaching a mind blowing 603 km/h, or 375 mph for those in the US. When the trains enter passenger service in 2021, they are expected to run at a maximum operational speed of 500 km/h, slashing journey times by more than 60%. The journey between Tokyo’s Shinagawa Station and Nagoya, that currently takes 1 hour and 33 minutes, will only take 40 minutes. While the 2 hour 30 minute dash between Tokyo and Osaka is expected to be slashed to 1 hour and 7 minutes, which is simply astounding!