The claim that the video shows a train traveling at 1000 km per hour in Japan

Although we searched Google using keywords to see if any rail vehicle could exceed 1000 km per hour, we could not find any evidence to support this claim.

Today, we can use the expression ‘fastest train’ for the Yamanashi Maglev train in Japan, which recorded the highest speed a train can reach in a test run at 603 km. However, the fastest passenger-carrying train is the Shanghai Transrapid Maglev train in China, traveling at a speed of 460 km per hour.

So, what is the truth behind the video?

Based on this information, we concluded that it is not possible for the ‘supposed’ train in the video to reach a speed of 1000 km. All that’s left is to find out what the source of the video is.

For this, we start examining the video in detail. In the top left corner of the image, the word “Simulation” is written. The text in the top left corner of the screen also shows “Fermata Studio,” indicating the username of the account sharing the video. Therefore, these findings suggest that the scenes could be a simulation or a video game.

Then, when we search for the name Fermata Studio, we find a YouTube channel with this name. We see that the channel shares concept videos that simulate what objects and 3 vehicles will look like when they reach certain speeds. We see that this video, which was shared claiming to show a train in Japan, was uploaded to the channel 2 years ago.

In the description of the video, it is mentioned that the images simulate what the outside would look like if the train traveling from Sannomiya to Kyoto at a maximum speed of 130 km per hour traveled at a speed of 1300 km. Additionally, at the beginning of the video, it is written in English: “This video is based on speed simulation. It has no connection to real trains.”