CHINA DESIGNS NEW MAGLEV PROTOTYPE HERALDING SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

• The train is sitting pretty in the wings to be put to test with a speed of 620Km/hr which it can notch up. Though researchers are in full swing to increase the speed to 800km/h (497mph).
• This talk was just about the new maglev; part of Beijing’s super- charged up plan to create faster transport links between cities.

China is home to the world’s fastest commercial maglev service, Shanghai Transra....