Home-made: China's 1st domestically designed, manufactured mag-lev line starts trial run in Changsha

[TaiShang]

A train runs on the magnetic levitation line in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 6, 2016. A trial operation of China's first domestically designed and manufactured magnetic levitation line started in Changsha on Friday. The maglev shuttles between Changsha's south railway station and the airport. It takes about ten minutes to complete the 18.55-km journey, according to a statement from operator Hunan Maglev Transport Co. The 48-meter-long train can carry 363 people in three carriages. It can achieve a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

A train runs on the magnetic levitation line in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 6, 2016. A trial operation of China's first domestically designed and manufactured magnetic levitation line started in Changsha on Friday. The maglev shuttles between Changsha's south railway station and the airport. It takes about ten minutes to complete the 18.55-km journey, according to a statement from operator Hunan Maglev Transport Co. The 48-meter-long train can carry 363 people in three carriages. It can achieve a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

A train runs on the magnetic levitation line in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 6, 2016. A trial operation of China's first domestically designed and manufactured magnetic levitation line started in Changsha on Friday. The maglev shuttles between Changsha's south railway station and the airport. It takes about ten minutes to complete the 18.55-km journey, according to a statement from operator Hunan Maglev Transport Co. The 48-meter-long train can carry 363 people in three carriages. It can achieve a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

A train departs from a station of the magnetic levitation line in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 6, 2016. A trial operation of China's first domestically designed and manufactured magnetic levitation line started in Changsha on Friday. The maglev shuttles between Changsha's south railway station and the airport. It takes about ten minutes to complete the 18.55-km journey, according to a statement from operator Hunan Maglev Transport Co. The 48-meter-long train can carry 363 people in three carriages. It can achieve a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

A train runs on the magnetic levitation line in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 6, 2016. A trial operation of China's first domestically designed and manufactured magnetic levitation line started in Changsha on Friday. The maglev shuttles between Changsha's south railway station and the airport. It takes about ten minutes to complete the 18.55-km journey, according to a statement from operator Hunan Maglev Transport Co. The 48-meter-long train can carry 363 people in three carriages. It can achieve a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

Photo taken on May 6, 2016 shows the Langli station of the magnetic levitation line in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province. A trial operation of China's first domestically designed and manufactured magnetic levitation line started in Changsha on Friday. The maglev shuttles between Changsha's south railway station and the airport. It takes about ten minutes to complete the 18.55-km journey, according to a statement from operator Hunan Maglev Transport Co. The 48-meter-long train can carry 363 people in three carriages. It can achieve a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

A train runs on the magnetic levitation line in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 6, 2016. A trial operation of China's first domestically designed and manufactured magnetic levitation line started in Changsha on Friday. The maglev shuttles between Changsha's south railway station and the airport. It takes about ten minutes to complete the 18.55-km journey, according to a statement from operator Hunan Maglev Transport Co. The 48-meter-long train can carry 363 people in three carriages. It can achieve a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

A train runs on the magnetic levitation line in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 6, 2016. A trial operation of China's first domestically designed and manufactured magnetic levitation line started in Changsha on Friday. The maglev shuttles between Changsha's south railway station and the airport. It takes about ten minutes to complete the 18.55-km journey, according to a statement from operator Hunan Maglev Transport Co. The 48-meter-long train can carry 363 people in three carriages. It can achieve a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. (Xinhua/Li Ga)

 

[TaiShang]

A train runs across the Liuyang River on the magnetic levitation line in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 6, 2016. A trial operation of China's first domestically designed and manufactured magnetic levitation line started in Changsha on Friday. The maglev shuttles between Changsha's south railway station and the airport. It takes about ten minutes to complete the 18.55-km journey, according to a statement from operator Hunan Maglev Transport Co. The 48-meter-long train can carry 363 people in three carriages. It can achieve a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. (Xinhua/Li Ga)

A train runs on the magnetic levitation line in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 6, 2016. A trial operation of China's first domestically designed and manufactured magnetic levitation line started in Changsha on Friday. The maglev shuttles between Changsha's south railway station and the airport. It takes about ten minutes to complete the 18.55-km journey, according to a statement from operator Hunan Maglev Transport Co. The 48-meter-long train can carry 363 people in three carriages. It can achieve a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. (Xinhua/Li Ga)

A train runs on the magnetic levitation line in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 6, 2016. A trial operation of China's first domestically designed and manufactured magnetic levitation line started in Changsha on Friday. The maglev shuttles between Changsha's south railway station and the airport. It takes about ten minutes to complete the 18.55-km journey, according to a statement from operator Hunan Maglev Transport Co. The 48-meter-long train can carry 363 people in three carriages. It can achieve a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. (Xinhua/Li Ga)

A train runs across the Liuyang River on the magnetic levitation line in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 6, 2016. A trial operation of China's first domestically designed and manufactured magnetic levitation line started in Changsha on Friday. The maglev shuttles between Changsha's south railway station and the airport. It takes about ten minutes to complete the 18.55-km journey, according to a statement from operator Hunan Maglev Transport Co. The 48-meter-long train can carry 363 people in three carriages. It can achieve a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. (Xinhua/Li Ga)(mcg)

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[antonius123]

Only 100km/hour? I thought could be 600 kmph

 

[albert_008]

Only 100km/hour? I thought could be 600 kmph

what is your point to be 600 kmph in such a 18.55-km journey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, unless your girl call u she is alone at home and naked!

 

[cirr]

This is exactly what Shanghai needs to connect its two international airports.

 

[GS Zhou]

This is exactly what Shanghai needs to connect its two international airports.

I read the news that government has the plan to construct a new route to connect the two airports. Once completed, the time to travel between the two airport will be reduced to 20min only!!

上海将建两场快线连接虹桥浦东机场
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2015年07月28日 09:20:48 来源： 中国民航报


本报讯　记者钱擘　通讯员徐恺凯报道：目前，上海正在研究建设连接虹桥、浦东两大机场间的“两场快线”，有可能实现两机场20分钟互达。这是7月22日召开的上海市政府新闻发布会传出的信息。

目前，上海虽然已有地铁2号线连通虹桥、浦东机场，但全线通行时间需要近2个小时；而且两场间旅客客流与市区客流相叠加，导致线路繁忙拥挤，每日客流量已突破150万人次。根据此次发布会透露的情况，上海为解决机场间交通问题，已经在研究两场快线建设方案，希望实现20分钟互相通达，同时也为上海迪士尼乐园提供交通支持。

 

[Jlaw]

Only 100km/hour? I thought could be 600 kmph

short distance plus when running through the interior city Maglev is a lot quieter than traditional metro.

"Maglev trains have no noise problems from friction between trolley and pantograph, neither does it have any noise problems from rolling friction. the only source of noise pollution from maglev trains is aerodynamic noise.

"At 300 kph magnetic levitation trains produce significantly less noise pollution than than either of the traditional high speed trains, namely the German InterCity Express and the French "TGV" train à grande vitesse. Even at 400 kph a magnetic levitation train produces slightly less noise pollution than a traditional high speed train does at 300 kph."

 

[BoQ77]

So this one could be the second Mag-lev in China ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Maglev_Train

 

[AndrewJin]

A train runs on the magnetic levitation line in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 6, 2016. A trial operation of China's first domestically designed and manufactured magnetic levitation line started in Changsha on Friday. The maglev shuttles between Changsha's south railway station and the airport. It takes about ten minutes to complete the 18.55-km journey, according to a statement from operator Hunan Maglev Transport Co. The 48-meter-long train can carry 363 people in three carriages. It can achieve a maximum speed of 100 km per hour. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

This line is linking Changsha's international airport with Changsha's high-speed railway network as well as Changsha Metro!!!

 

[cirr]

Cost: 195 million yuan(30 million USD) per kilometer. Bloody cheap!