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China unveils 600 kph maglev train - state media
Reuters ^ | July 20, 2021 | Reuters

Posted on 07/20/2021 7:48:13 AM PDT by entropy12

BEIJING, July 20 (Reuters) - China unveiled a maglev train capable of a top speed of 600 kph on Tuesday, state media said.

The maximum speed would make the train, self-developed by China and manufactured in the coastal city of Qingdao, the fastest ground vehicle globally.

Using electro-magnetic force, the maglev train "levitates" above the track with no contact between body and rail.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; hsr; maglev; train
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To: blueunicorn6

That’s the thing...people don’t enjoy this kind of travel. It may be fast but people won’t use it. People who take trains typically enjoy the ride...at least nominally. You can sit down for dinner, etc. while taking your trip. Not so with a train like this.


61 posted on 07/20/2021 10:59:51 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

This is primarily for business people who have to travel.


62 posted on 07/20/2021 11:00:57 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Moltke

Notice in your link, they did sell it to China.
—”The only commercial implementation so far was in the year 2000, when the Chinese government ordered a Transrapid track to be built connecting Shanghai to its Pudong”

A nice tour of the working Japanese SCMaglev.
https://youtu.be/XjwF-STGtfE
On 21 April 2015, a manned seven-car L0 Series SCMaglev train reached a speed of 603 km/h

The Fastest train ever built | The complete physics of it

Magnetically levitated trains are common nowadays. However, the MagLev train the Central Japan Railway Company developed is quite unique and superior to the other trains. Running at more than 600 km per hour, it has achieved the status of ‘fastest train.’ This train uses superconducting magnets, which is why it is called SC MagLev. Once charged with an exciting current, the superconducting magnets of this train produce a circulating DC current and strong magnetic field forever, with zero loss. Let’s understand more about this successfully tested train technology, which is projected to overtake other magnetic levitation technologies by the year 2027. The same technology is poised to connect New York city to Washington DC in just one hour by 2030.


63 posted on 07/20/2021 11:08:57 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Thanks - wasn’t aware of the Japanese project (but those are not called Bullet Trains, are they?).

Yeah, China has had the Transrapid for 20 years, and now they build their own that they “developed all by themselves”...uh-huh.


64 posted on 07/20/2021 11:31:06 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: Bernard
If I put a penny on the track before the train comes through, will the train flatten the penny into a souvenir or derail?

Copper reacts to magnetic fields. The penny will slow the train down, but remain intact!

65 posted on 07/20/2021 11:44:04 AM PDT by roadcat
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To: BubbaJunebug

Have often wondered what the fare cost is for the maglev...


66 posted on 07/20/2021 11:48:21 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Bernard
The biggest danger of putting a penny on the track is actually to the person who actually puts the penny on the track.

Sometimes when the train runs over the penny, it will get flung away from the track at a very high rate of speed, taking out the eye or worse if the offending person is still standing around in close proximity to see what happens.

67 posted on 07/20/2021 11:54:57 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
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To: entropy12

Little tiny pieces...scattered over a wide area...


68 posted on 07/20/2021 5:02:25 PM PDT by JustaTech (A mind is a terrible thing)
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To: SuperLuminal

cost to ride is about $8 US


69 posted on 07/20/2021 11:03:27 PM PDT by BubbaJunebug ( )
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To: entropy12

Will it work under 5 meters of water?


70 posted on 07/24/2021 2:12:04 PM PDT by GOYAKLA
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