1997年，新一代有4节车厢的磁悬浮列车的样车将在东京西南42．8km的山梨试验线上进行550km／h的运行试验。该试验线最后将形成东京与名古屋和大阪之间中央新干线粗导磁悬浮线路的一部分，用于下个世纪初开展500km／h运行服务。此次试验的线路最小曲线半径为8000m，最大坡度为4 In 1997, a prototype of a new generation of maglev trains with 4 cabins will undergo a 550km / h run on a Yamanashi line 42.8km southeast of Tokyo. The test line will eventually form part of the MCG suspension line between Tokyo and Nagoya and Osaka for the start of the next century with a service of 500km / h. The minimum curve radius of this experiment is 8000m and the maximum gradient is 4