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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 – Hangzhou: China had planned to extend the world's first commercial Transrapid line between Pudong airport and the city of Shanghai initially by some 35 kilometers to Hong Qiao airport before the World Expo 2010 and then, in an additional phase, by 200 kilometers to the city of Hangzhou (Shanghai-Hangzhou Maglev Train), which would have been the first inter-city maglev rail line in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 Shanghai Maglev Train, an implementation of the German Transrapid system, has a top speed of 300 kilometres per hour (190 mph). [6] The line is the fastest and first commercially operational high speed maglev. It connects Shanghai Pudong International Airport and the outskirts of central Pudong, Shanghai. The service covers a distance of 30 ...
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 ...
The fastest commercial train service measured by peak operational speed is the Shanghai Maglev Train which can reach 431 km/h (268 mph). Due to the limited length of the Shanghai Maglev track 30 km (18.6 mi), the maglev train's average trip speed is only 245.5 km/h (152.5 mph).