| The fact that trains don't offer the same top | | | | form wear and tear. As a result of new |
| speed as vehicles and airplanes has led to them | | | | technology, experiment is being carried out to |
| losing some of their contracts with businesses all | | | | make trains run fast and at the same time offer |
| over the years. Yet the train industry has proven | | | | a higher level of safety. E.g. the first high speed |
| to be reliable and effective. It also removes the | | | | train was introduced in Japan. It can run 90 miles |
| need for more trucks on the highways and more | | | | per hour without any difficulty. |
| planes in the sky. The question many people | | | | That concept however, is being used for hauling |
| continue to ask is "why cant trains move faster?" | | | | some types of freight in Japan. The fastest train, |
| This,I wish to provide answers to,as you read | | | | also in Japan, is the Maglev. They can go at top |
| along. | | | | speed of 300 miles per hour. Here, magnets are |
| 1. The source of power of the train | | | | kept to move the train along track. I will |
| 2. What the train carries. Train caries heavy loads | | | | therefore not be surprised if in the nearest future |
| 3. To reduce the number of accidents | | | | there are no slowing moving trains. Who knows, |
| 4. The distance between each stop. | | | | tomorrow, you may even be the one to invent |
| The more stops they have the slower they | | | | this. |
| operate in order to be able to protect the train | | | | |