Why do superfast trains (maglev) have extra long noses even though the already look like airplanes (i.e. long tubes)?

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Why do superfast trains (maglev) have extra long noses even though the already look like airplanes (i.e. long tubes)?

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With Japanese bullet trains, they modified the nose based on birds to cut down on what was essentially a sonic boom when the trains exited tunnels.

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/japan-bullet-train-alfa-x-nose

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