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Maglev is a system of transportation that uses magnetic levitation to suspend, guide and propel vehicles with magnets rather than using mechanical methods, such as wheels, axles and bearings. With maglev a vehicle is levitated a short distance away from a guideway using magnets to create both lift and thrust. Maglev vehicles are claimed to move more smoothly and quietly and to require less maintenance than wheeled mass transit systems. The highest recorded speed of a maglev train is 581?km/h (361?mph), achieved in Japan by Central Japan Railway Companys. Whats the speed of the fastest magle