I rode the world's fastest train.

I did consider whether to put mph or km/h in the thumbnail. Alas, that's not something I can localise to different regions yet...!

Tom is the perfect ad for any company. This is a dream job. He gets invited all over the world for no other reason than his huge audience and his integrity as a person, keeping his videos down to earth, without any hype or artificial drama. It is nice to see quality being valued. I wish Tom the best and am looking forward to see more videos here.

Tom Scott is truly making the most out of his trip to Japan .

I don't think people realise how fast 1km in 8 seconds really is 😳

"One local government keeps raising objections" - Fun fact, the prefecture of Shizuoka, between Tokyo and Nagoya, has historically been against high speed rail, since those would just skip over the prefecture altogether. Although they would have to provide the land space for the tracks, high speed rail doesn't allow for stops in "minor" areas, so for the local economy it would be like providing the shovel to dig their own grave. This happened back in the 60s during construction of the Tokaido Shinkansen and now, 60 years later, the same exact issue once again. (Edit: it's similar to the "highways killing small-town roadside economies" problem that I'm sure every country has experienced on some level.)

I can't believe that Tom's videos have gone from dropping drums and cymbals off of a cliff to being invited by JR to test-ride cutting edge trains in Japan.

"500km/h and it feels like a train" reminds me of the pioneers of railway. Back then people were afraid of taking a train because they believed that speeds over 30km/h were unbearable for the human body and thus deadly.

日本国内のどの報道機関より分かりやすく魅力が伝わってきます。言語の壁すら越えて。明快で分かりやすいレポート、ありがとうございます。 地元の人間として、開通を楽しみにしております。

The people of Japan have a lot to be proud of with their transport. The amount of effort and skill that goes into creating this is amazing.

seems to be a whole lot more realistic than hyperloop will ever be...

It kinda feels like 27 years was the amount of time they needed to actually get such an insane piece of engineering to work reliably enough to put paying customers on it. This wasn't a future that never arrived, it was a future so incredible it needed this much time to get here.

Los Angeles to San Francisco is about 380 miles. Imagine being able to go that far in just an hour or so. That is insane and I can only dream that the US would develop their rail system

That drive-by gave me chills. Wow. This is some incredible technology.

The two cities that 'need it most' between them are apparently Sydney and Melbourne, due to their status as the world's busiest air route. I can't wait until I can start filming 'maglev spotting' trips!

Japanese engineers are incredible, their imagination, problem solving and fabulous products etc they have created over the decades. They just never cease to amaze

As a Canadian, I envy how advanced the trains are. When you factor in flight delay, baggage delays here, you can drive to your destination quicker. Our high speed train goes about 140 to 160km an hr to put it into perspective.

As a Japanese local I thank you so much for traveling to the more rural parts of Japan and showing off some unique stuff here. To us it sometimes feels like everything is doom and gloom due to shrinking population and decades long recesssion but seeing you genuinely get excited about these things in Japan gives me hope in the place where I live and love. Thank you.

The fact it still looked super fast at 1/4 speed is incredible

I wish somebody would build a maglev here in the u.s. You could build straight sections for thousands of miles and it would probably compete with air travel.

You were invited by JR to have a ride on Maglev!? Unthinkable! The power of 5.97 million regular viewers.