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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 ]
Shanghai Maglev Line was opened on December 31, 2002, with a total length of 30.5 km (19.0 mi) and two stations. It is operated by Shanghai Maglev Transportation Development Co., Ltd., and its daily service hours are from 6:40 [k] to 21:42. [l] Except for the 15-minute interval between the first two trains from Longyang Road Station, the ...
Longyang Road (simplified Chinese: 龙阳路; traditional Chinese: 龍陽路; pinyin: Lóngyáng Lù) is an interchange station that serves both the Shanghai maglev train and lines 2, 7, 16 and 18 on the Shanghai Metro. [1] It provides quick transfers between the metro system and the Maglev train to and from Pudong International Airport. There ...
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 ...
While it's regular long-distance trains reach maximum operating speeds of 350 km/h (217 mph), the world's fastest train currently is the Shanghai Maglev, which can operate at 460 km/h (286 mph) on ...
Projected HSR network in China by 2020 and travel time by rail from Beijing to provincial capitals. China's high-speed railway network is by far the longest in the world.As of December 2022, it extends to 31 of the country's 33 provincial-level administrative divisions and exceeds 40,000 km (25,000 mi) in total length, accounting for about two-thirds of the world's high-speed rail tracks in ...
This article lists the stations of the Shanghai Metro, a rapid transit system serving Shanghai, China and one of the fastest-growing metro systems in the world. The first section opened in 1993, and the system currently has 802 kilometres (498 mi) of track in operation, making it one of the world's largest rapid transit system by route length ...
The fully elevated Shanghai Maglev was built at a cost of US$1.33 billion over a length of 30.5 kilometres (19.0 mi) including trains and stations. Thus the cost per km for dual track was US$43.6 million, including trains and stations. This was the first commercial use of the technology.