>The conventional train speed record is only 30km/h slower than maglev there is a reason that train is so short https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_speed_rec

>The conventional train speed record is only 30km/h slower than maglev there is a reason that train is so short https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_speed_record#/media/File:TGV_World_Speed_Record_574_km_per_hour.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_speed_record#/media/Fi... - in the wheeled train the vibrational modes induced at those speeds and the resulting forces will tear the train apart. >the overhead wire contact well, batteries on the train would solve that. That one thing in HyperLoop Musk got right.