Yes, the Shanghai maglev is about the same speed and distance, and it does spend almost the entire trip accelerating and decelerating. You get to 430km/h for ma

Yes, the Shanghai maglev is about the same speed and distance, and it does spend almost the entire trip accelerating and decelerating. You get to 430km/h for maybe less than a minute. Average speed would be a more meaningful number to compare high speed trains with.