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' Shanghai Maglev Demonstration Operation Line ') is a magnetic levitation train (maglev) line that operates in Shanghai, China. The line uses the German Transrapid technology. [ 2 ] The Shanghai maglev is the world's first commercial high-speed maglev and has a maximum cruising speed of 300 km/h (186 mph). [ 3 ]
The Shanghai Maglev train, with a top speed of 431 km/h (268 mph), is the fastest train in China. The maglev train has remained confined to its original 30 km (19 mi) track as state planners chose high-speed trains that run on conventional tracks for the national HSR network.
In October 2001, train T13/T14 took about 14 hours from Beijing to Shanghai. On April 18, 2004, Z-series trains were introduced. The trip time was cut to 11 hours, 58 minutes. There were five trains departing around 7 pm every day, each 7 minutes apart, arriving at their destination the next morning. The railway was completely electrified in 2006.
The average high-speed train in China travels up to 300 km/h or 217 mph, making this train more than 100 mph faster, per CNN. China debuts world's fastest train, a sleek maglev that can reach ...
The prototype unveiled by researchers at Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, China, and is unlike other maglev trains. Forget Hyperloop, check out China’s new 620kmph maglev prototype Skip ...
Airport Link Line [4] of Shanghai Suburban Railway is a commuter rail line, [4] running from Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 in Minhang District to Shanghai East railway station in Pudong. The 68.6-kilometer (42.6 mi) express line [ 2 ] [ 3 ] shortens the travel time between the airports of Hongqiao and Pudong from 90 minutes (by Metro Line 2 ) to ...
The Changsha Maglev Express (simplified Chinese: 长沙磁浮快线; traditional Chinese: 長沙磁浮快線; pinyin: Chángshā cífú kuàixiàn), also known as Line S2, [4] is a medium-low speed magnetic levitation, or maglev line in Changsha, China. This is China's second maglev line, after Shanghai Maglev, and the first domestically built ...
It serves as both the eastern terminus of both the Shanghai maglev train, having opened to trial operations on 31 December 2002, [2] and, since an eastern extension from Guanglan Road opened on 8 April 2010, [3] [4] the eastern terminus of Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro. Although the metro and maglev stations are in the same property, they have ...