In Japan, a new «sinkansen» E5, scheduled for launch in 2011.

This futuristic locomotive is not the fastest. Record speed for the time being prinadlzheit Japanese magnetic levitation train – MLX01 – at 581 km / h. Nevertheless, the new E5, developing 320 km / h, have something to boast about: at the moment – this is the easiest engine (body completely made of aluminum) and has the biggest front cowl, the length of which is 15 meters.
Testing of the new trains will start in July this year, and by 2015 the company-manufacturer is going to make 59 of these machines.