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China unveils 600 kph/370 mph High Speed Superfast #maglevtrain prototype makes public #debut, "Fastest Ground #Vehicle Globally": Report
Using electro-magnetic force, #maglev #TRAIN "levitates" above track & no contact between body and rail.
#Thread #tech #technology #Transport

China has been using maglev technology for almost 2 decades on very limited scale. Maglev train could go from Shanghai to #Beijing in 2.5 hours, versus 5.5 hours by high-speed rail. Self-developed by China and manufactured in coastal city of #Qingdao. @CRRC_global new model.

Cutting-edge #scientific and technological achievement in field of #railway transit in world. Train uses electromagnets to suspend itself above rails, and because there's no friction from contact with rail lines, train can run quietly and smoothly. Unveiled in glittery ceremony.

Qingdao in China's east #Shandong province. Launched in October 2016, high-speed maglev train project saw development of magnetic-levitation train prototype with designed top speed of 600 kms per hour in 2019, and conducted successful test run in June 2020.
Advantages in terms of

Efficiency and speed, and produce very little noise. Shanghai has short maglev line running from one of airports to town. No inter-city or inter-province maglev lines yet in China could make good use of higher speeds, some cities including Shanghai and #Chengdu started to conduct

#research. At 600 kph, take 2.5 hours to #travel from Beijing to Shanghai by train - journey of more than 1,000 km (620 miles). Take 3 hours by plane and 5.5 hours by high-speed rail.
Countries from #Japan to #Germany also looking to build maglev networks, although high costs and

Incompatibility with current track #infrastructure remain hurdles to rapid #development.
Developed by state-owned China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) - world's largest supplier of rail transit equipment - sleek-looking train scheduled to go into #commercial production

In 2021 following extensive tests.
Cruising speed of aircraft is 800-900 km/h, at present trains on Beijing-Shanghai line have maximum operating speed of 350 km/h. After nearly 3 years of #Technical research, team developed lightweight and high-strength train body lays technical

Foundation for development of 5 sets of maglev #Engineering prototypes.
CRRC Qingdao Sifang - subsidiary of CRRC - currently constructing experimental center and high-speed maglev trial production center, expected to begin operating second half of this year.
China's new prototype

Won't be first train to surpass the 600-kilometer mark when hits testing track.
Japan Railway maglev train achieved top spot of 603 km/hour on experimental track in Yamanashi in 2015, setting new world record. Japan now developing new Chuo Shinkansen maglev line, with trains set

To hit top speeds of about 500 kph. First phase of project, connecting #Tokyo and #nagoya, scheduled to be completed in 2027 and expected to cut traveling time between cities by half.
China's first commercial maglev system, 30-kilometer stretch between Shanghai Putong Airport and

City center, opened in 2002. Has hit speeds of 431 kilometers per hour and is world's fastest commercial maglev system to date. Project co-created by Shanghai Maglev Transportation Development Co. Ltd., #German Consortium consisting @Siemens AG, @thyssenkrupp_en Transrapid GMBH..

And Transrapid International GMBH.
While maglev technology developed and touted as future of train transportation for decades, only handful of countries operating maglev trains around world: China, #SouthKorea and Japan.
Engineers completed integration of maglev transportation...

System, and train with 5 carriages running well on test line within factory. Can travel with 2 to 10 carriages, each holding more than 100 passengers, according to Ding Sansan, chief engineer of project. Train provides best solution for trips within range of 1,500 km.