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perz		#1 Posted : 25 October 2013 00:43:43(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/01/2002(UTC) Posts: 2,578 Location: Sweden		I visited Shanghai last week. They have the worlds fastest commercial train line. It is a so-called maglev train that does not run with wheels on regular rails, but levitates by use of magnets. The official top speed is 431 km/h. It runs between the Longyang Road station in south-east Shanghai and Shanghai Pudong international airport. Entering the train at Longyang Road station. The train is ready to departure. Interior, just before start. Our top speed was "only" 430 km/h. The front of the train. At the Pudong Airport station. Train door openings. At Pudong airport station. We noted that the windscreen was broken in the rear end of the train. It had obviously hit a bird or something. Another picture from the Pudong Airport station.
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GlennM		#2 Posted : 27 October 2013 17:14:46(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,034 Location: Somewhere, But Nowhere Near Manchester, England		Originally Posted by: perz I visited Shanghai last week. They have the worlds fastest commercial train line. It is a so-called maglev train that does not run with wheels on regular rails, but levitates by use of magnets. The official top speed is 431 km/h. It runs between the Longyang Road station in south-east Shanghai and Shanghai Pudong international airport. Yes it is a great service, and a great way to miss the traffic !!!
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PierreGILLARD		#3 Posted : 19 December 2013 04:21:36(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 2,346 Location: Longueuil, Quebec		Nice photo report Perz ! ... But I went faster than you : I was surprised to note that you are shaked like in an old Brussels tramway running at 40 Km/h ! Some other pictures of the Maglev : Note the turnout system ! We never travelled at less than 200 Km/h on board Chinese trains. Click here for pictures of high speed trains in China. Pierre.
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