China now has a large train speed which is quite simply the fastest land vehicle in the world. This is a magnetic levitation train which evolves in levitation, without contact with the rails and can reach 600 km / h. A prototype was unveiled last March and engineers have just successfully tested a train comprising five cars.
Technology maglev is not new. Germany and Japan were the pioneers and China had already been using it since 2004 with the Shanghai Transrapid, which was the first maglev line for commercial use in the world.
According to the Chinese authorities, this type of high-speed train is the ideal means of transport for journeys of less than 1,500 km. For example, it would only take 2.5 hours for this maglev train to travel the 1,000 km between Beijing and Shanghai compared to 3 hours by plane and 5.5 hours with a conventional high-speed train. This maglev can have two to ten cars, each with a capacity of 100 passengers. But it will still be necessary to wait before being able to borrow it because the commissioning is scheduled for 2030.
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China now has a large train speed which is quite simply the fastest land vehicle in the world. This is a magnetic levitation train which evolves in levitation, without contact with the rails and can reach 600 km / h. A prototype was unveiled last March and engineers have just successfully tested a train comprising five cars.
Technology maglev is not new. Germany and Japan were the pioneers and China had already been using it since 2004 with the Shanghai Transrapid, which was the first maglev line for commercial use in the world.
According to the Chinese authorities, this type of high-speed train is the ideal means of transport for journeys of less than 1,500 km. For example, it would only take 2.5 hours for this maglev train to travel the 1,000 km between Beijing and Shanghai compared to 3 hours by plane and 5.5 hours with a conventional high-speed train. This maglev can have two to ten cars, each with a capacity of 100 passengers. But it will still be necessary to wait before being able to borrow it because the commissioning is scheduled for 2030.
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