Experimental and prototype high-speed trains

thumb|L0 Series train on the under-construction [[Chūō Shinkansen, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan]] thumbtime=22|thumb|right|A full trip on the Shanghai Transrapid maglev train thumb|right|Example of low-speed urban maglev system, Linimo Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a system of rail transport whose rolling stock is levitated by electromagnets rather than rolled on wheels, eliminating rolling resistance.

thumb|Transrapid 09 at the Emsland test facility in Germany thumb|Transrapid SMT train in Shanghai thumb|Transrapid SMT train in Shanghai thumb|Transrapid SMT train in Shanghai thumb|Transrapid 05 at ThyssenKrupp thumb|Section II of Transrapid 06 in Deutsches Museum Bonn thumb|Transrapid 06 thumb|Section I of Transrapid 07 on display at Munich Airport

300px|thumb|L0 Series maglev train at Yamanashi test track The SCMaglev (superconducting maglev, formerly called the MLU) is a magnetic levitation (maglev) railway system developed by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the Railway Technical Research Institute.

The ' () or rail zeppelin' was a one-off experimental locomotive which resembled a Zeppelin airship in appearance. It was designed and developed by the German aircraft engineer Franz Kruckenberg in 1929. Propulsion was by means of a pusher propeller located at the rear: it accelerated the railcar to setting the land speed record for a petrol powered rail vehicle. Only a single example was ever built, which due to safety concerns remained out of service and was finally dismantled in 1939.

Japanese maglev train type

thumb|right|A remaining section of the Aérotrain track near Saran, Loiret, 2006

prototype of a planned Russian high-speed train

French high speed train prototype

German EMU

"STAR21" was the name given to the 9-car experimental Shinkansen train developed in 1992 by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan to test technology to be incorporated in next-generation shinkansen trains operating at speeds of or higher. The name was an acronym for "Superior Train for the Advanced Railway toward the 21st Century".

The , branded "ALFA-X", is a ten-car experimental Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan capable of operating at up to to test technologies for future trains capable of operating at speeds of up to . The name is an acronym for "Advanced Labs for Frontline Activity in rail eXperimentation". The train was unveiled on 9 May 2019. Test runs are conducted primarily on sections of the Tōhoku Shinkansen between Sendai and Shin-Aomori, and occasionally on the Hokkaido Shinkansen. ==Design== The ALFA-X experimental trainset is being tested at

Japanese experimental high speed trains

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High-speed train built by CAF

"WIN350" was the name given to the 6-car experimental high-speed Shinkansen train developed in 1992 by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Japan to test technology to be incorporated in next-generation shinkansen trains expected to operate at speeds of from 1994. Initially given the designation "500X", the name "WIN350" stood for "West Japan's Innovation for operation at 350 km/h".

electric propeller-based suspension railway

thumb|Bombardier’s experimental JetTrain locomotive toured North America in an early-2000s attempt to raise the technology's public profile. The JetTrain was an experimental high-speed passenger train concept created by Bombardier Transportation in an attempt to make European-style high-speed service more financially appealing to passenger railways throughout North America. It was designed to use the same LRC-derived tilting car Acela trains that Bombardier built for Amtrak in the 1990s, which used all-electric locomotives. Unlike the Acela, powered electrically by overhead lines, the JetTrain

"300X" was the name given to the 6-car experimental Shinkansen train developed in 1994 by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Japan to test technology to be incorporated in future shinkansen trains operating at speeds of or higher.

HSR-350x, alternatively called G7, KHST or NG-KTX, was a South Korean experimental high-speed train. It was developed and built in a joint project of government research institutes, universities and private companies that started in 1996, which aimed to reduce import dependence in high-speed rail technology. New components developed for the HSR-350x included motors, electronics, and the carbody of passenger cars. Test runs were conducted between 2002 and 2008. The experimental train achieved the South Korean rail speed record of in 2004. The HSR-350x was the basis for Korail's KTX-II (KTX-Sanc

Trial train of the Deutsche Bahn

HEMU-430X (standing for High-Speed Electric Multiple Unit 430 km/h eXperimental) is a South Korean experimental high-speed train designed to achieve a maximum speed of . On 31 March 2013, it achieved a record of during a test run, making South Korea the world's fourth country after France, Japan and China to develop a high-speed train that operates above . The notable feature of this train compared to older South Korean high-speed trains is distributed traction. The commercial versions of these trains, known as KTX-Eum and KTX-Cheongryong, were delivered to Korail from 2020 onwards.

prototype Advanced Passenger Train tilting train unit

experimental Japanese high speed train

experimental electrical multiple unit of China

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failed tilting train by British Rail

two prototype Japanese Shinkansen trains