The Maglev train can reach a top speed of 500 kilometers per hour.
磁悬浮列车的最高速度可达每小时500公里。
Shanghai operates the world's first commercial Maglev line.
上海运营着世界上第一条商业磁悬浮线路。
The Maglev technology uses magnetic fields to levitate and propel the trains.
磁悬浮技术利用磁场使列车悬浮并推进。
The absence of friction makes Maglev trains extremely energy-efficient.
由于没有摩擦，磁悬浮列车极为节能。
Germany and Japan are also major players in Maglev research and development.
德国和日本也是磁悬浮技术研发的主要国家。
A trip on the Maglev feels incredibly smooth and silent.
坐在磁悬浮列车上，感觉极其平稳且安静。
The construction cost of Maglev tracks is significantly higher than conventional rail systems.
磁悬浮轨道的建设成本明显高于传统铁路系统。
磁悬浮列车的运行不受恶劣天气条件的影响。
Maglev trains can operate unaffected by adverse weather conditions.
Passengers appreciate the reduced travel time offered by Maglevs.
乘客欣赏磁悬浮列车提供的缩短旅行时间。
Some environmental concerns have been raised regarding the electromagnetic fields generated by Maglev trains.
一些人对磁悬浮列车产生的电磁场提出了环境方面的担忧。
- Chinese manufacturer CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co Ltd said Thursday that tests have been completed for its next generation of commercial maglev train.
-中国制造商中车株机周四表示，其下一代商用磁悬浮列车的测试已经完成。
The train, with a designed speed of 200 km per hour, has achieved multiple tech breakthroughs such as unmanned driving and non-contact power supply, said Zhang Wenyue, deputy head of CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive's maglev research institute.
中车株机磁悬浮研究所副所长张文跃表示，该列车设计时速200公里，实现了无人驾驶和非接触供电等多项技术突破。
Compared with the previous generations of commercial maglev trains, the new model shows significantly improved traction efficiency, hill-climbing ability, and acceleration performance, according to the company.
该公司表示，与前几代商用磁悬浮列车相比，新型磁悬浮列车的牵引效率、爬坡能力和加速性能显著提高。
Feng Hao, a researcher at the Institute of Comprehensive Transportation affiliated with the National Development and Reform Commission, said high-speed freight trains, new special trains for standardized containerized freight, cold chain logistics, and cross-border passenger and freight transportation, will be the next growth point for China's railway transport equipment sector, apart from regular and maglev high-speed trains, high-power locomotives, railroad trucks and urban rail transit vehicles.
国家发展改革委综合运输研究所研究员冯浩表示，除了常规和磁悬浮高铁、大功率机车、铁路货车和城市轨道交通车辆外，高速货运列车、标准化集装箱专列、冷链物流，以及跨境客货运输，都将是未来中国铁路装备行业新的增长点。
Supported by more than 12,000 employees and 43 billion yuan in assets, the company currently runs 10 core subsidiaries such as China Railway Engineering Services Co Ltd and China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co Ltd. CRHIC also announced earlier this month that an order for turnout junctions serving high-speed maglev trains traveling up to 600 kilometers per hour－the world's fastest such speed for the devices－was signed and built by its subsidiary, China Railway Baoji Bridge Group Co Ltd.
He said the complete turnout assembly technology developed during construction is expected to contribute to future 600 km/h high-speed maglev lines.
According to Ji Zheng, one of the center's construction managers, three major programs are under construction, including two labs for high-speed maglev trains, which are expected to come into use in October.
"Design and research of 600 km/h maglev trains is expected to take place at the center," said Ji.
And in the new century, we brought the world's first maglev train to Shanghai.
The arm specializes in the manufacture of trains including electric locomotives, mass transit vehicles, intercity electric multiple units, maglev trains and super-capacitor trams.
Tongren has partnered with China Railway Fifth Survey and Design Institute Group Co and China Railway Maglev Transportation Investment & Construction Co, making 50 percent of the financial contribution to the venture.
Tianjin Emaging Technology has become China's first exporter of magnetic levitation or maglev blowers to the United States.
A maglev blower uses magnetic bearings and high-tech to compress and transport air to the desired place in an energy-saving and environmentally friendly way.
Praxair's decision to source maglev blowers from Emaging Tech follows an unsatisfactory experience with previous suppliers from Europe.
Praxair used to invest massive amounts of time and money in the research and development of special-purpose maglev blowers.
"Emaging Tech's data show the company's revenue from maglev blowers was 150 million yuan ($23.8 million) last year, which made it No 1 in China.
"Maglev products account for less than 10 percent of China's blowers.
China's maglev blower exports are on a small scale, with some presence in Asian countries.
Earlier, its focus was on making maglev bearings, high-speed motors and generators, high-frequency drivers, vacuum molecular pumps and conventional blowers.
Over the last three years, the company spent 150 million yuan on R&D of maglev blowers.
Foreseeing a bright future for maglev technology, it has beefed up investment in magnetic refrigerator-compressors and air compressors, spending up to 1 billion yuan on each segment, Hong said.
Within a span of three years, CRRC plans to launch sample maglev trains with a speed of 600 kph, which would be faster than any other train currently in operation, said Liu.
The high-speed maglev transportation system is one of the key projects under the Ministry of Science and Technology's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) to promote advanced rail transit systems.
The project would enable China to have independently owned technology in the design, manufacturing, adjustment and appraisal of the high-speed maglev transportation system that promises faster speeds and reduced energy consumption.
A new generation of Chinese middle-to-low-speed magnetically levitated (maglev) trains has completed a test run in Shanghai and is expected to enter the market in a year, CRRC Dalian announced Sunday.
Research and development of the new maglev train began eight years ago, and the successful pilot run showed China has mastered core technology in new-generation magnetic suspension systems, according to Qu Tianwei, chief engineer with CRRC Dalian.
The maglev underwent a test run of 120 km per hour in Shanghai.
Construction costs of new maglev train lines are higher than those of urban light rail but lower than those of metro lines.
China's first middle-to-low speed maglev rail line started operation in May 2016 in Changsha in Central China's Hunan province, making China one of the first countries to master such technology.
A study from the Chinese Academy of Engineering shows China will build more than five middle-to-low-speed maglev rail lines for commercial use by 2020.
Technicians assemble a maglev train at the CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co Ltd plant in Zhuzhou, Hunan province.
[Photo by Xu Xing/For China Daily]China's first 160 kilometer-an-hour magnetic levitation trains will be delivered this year－a breakthrough that will help accelerate the pace of developing a medium-to-low speed series of maglev family products, a leading rail sector executive said on Thursday.
A production line with intelligent manufacturing systems will be launched by the end of 2018, said Zhang Liqiang, vice-president and chief financial officer of CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co Ltd. Zhang said the trains will be used in Central China's Hunan province, where the nation's first 100 km/h maglev rail line has been "operating safely and smoothly" since last year.
He said CRRC Zhuzhou had decided to research and supply maglev trains－with higher speeds between 160 kmh and 200 kph－ with lower construction cost and higher operation efficiency.
Maglev trains are considered safer and cheaper than constructing traditional metro and light rail systems.
"Qian Qingquan, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a professor at Southwest Jiaotong University, said China has already formed a complete industrial chain of middle-to-low speed maglev trains.
China's rail transit innovation and immense growth potential will provide a solid base for a maglev train industry, Qian said.
The world's first maglev line was launched in China in 2002, connecting a metro station to the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai.
The city of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong are planning a high-speed maglev train route with designed speed of 650 km per hour, said an expert at a forum held in Guanghzou, Guangdong province, on Aug 5.
The maglev train plan aims to build a 30-minute traffic circle among the three cities, and a 40-minute one among other cities of the Greater Bay Area, said Chen Xiangsheng, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and dean of the College of Civil and Transportation Engineering at Shenzhen University, Guangdong province, Guangzhou Daily reported on Monday.
The academician introduced four options for the Greater Bay Area maglev line, with departure stations at Guangzhou including the Guangzhoudong Railway Station, Zhujiang New Town Station, and Guangzhou Railway Station.
Besides Guangzhou and Shenzhen, other cities including Shanghai and Hangzhou, Chengdu and Chongqing are also planning for maglev lines, Chen said.
Key exhibits include the first domestically produced large-diameter hard rock tunnel-boring machine functioning at high altitudes and in extremely cold environments by China Railway Group Ltd, and a high-speed maglev transportation system capable of traveling at 600 kilometers per hour, of which CRRC Corp Ltd holds full independent intellectual property rights.
"Meanwhile, China has made great strides in scientific and technological innovation, featuring Chang'e lunar probes, Tianwen-1 Mars probe, introduction of a self-developed new high-speed maglev transportation system as well as the C919's type certificate for commercial flight.
After supplying maglev trains with a top speed of 120 kilometers per hour for a line in Qingyuan, Guangdong province, 60 passenger coaches to Nigeria and 10 diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains to Angola over the past two years, CRRC Tangshan has now rolled out a 400 km/h high-speed train at its production line in late October.
Apart from building both regular and maglev high-speed trains, high-power locomotives, railroad trucks and urban rail transit vehicles, Du said high-speed freight trains and 30,000-metric-ton heavy-duty trains, as well as new special trains for standardized containerized freight, cold chain logistics and cross-border freight transportation, will be the next growth point for China's railway transport equipment sector.
A maglev train with a designed speed of 600 km/h successfully completed a test run in June.
Five years ago, Deng wanted to develop a vacuum-tube maglev.
Over the past five years, Deng and his team have developed a high-speed maglev experimental loop in China, making improvements to the project continuously.
Covering an area of 80,000 square meters, this year's convention will display a variety of cutting-edge technologies, including quantum computers, rockets, new-energy vehicles and maglev trains with a maximum speed of 600 km per hour.
The exhibition hall will display a variety of cutting-edge technologies, including quantum computers, rockets and maglev trains with a maximum speed of 600 km per hour.
To reach this goal, Sun Yongcai, board chairman of State-owned CRRC Corp Ltd — the country's largest rolling stock manufacturer by production volume — suggested the government authorize operational performance tests at speeds below 500 km/h be conducted during night-time operations at a high-speed maglev line in Shanghai, according to information provided by CRRC's press office in Beijing.
After CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co Ltd, a Shandong province-based subsidiary of CRRC, rolled out a high-speed maglev train with a designed top speed of 600 km/h in 2021, the construction of commercial maglev lines for this type of trains should also be considered and promoted by the government domestically, said Sun, who is also a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Compared with standard bullet trains, high-speed maglev trains have advantages including reduced noise and vibration, larger passenger capacity and lower maintenance costs.
The 600 km/h maglev trains bridge the speed gap between aviation and high-speed railways, contributing to the establishment of a multi-dimensional transportation system with complete, efficient, flexible and convenient features in China, said Sun.
The world's first maglev line, capable of speeds reaching 430 km/h, was launched in Shanghai in 2002.
Feng Hao, a researcher at the National Development and Reform Commission's Institute of Comprehensive Transportation, said that CRRC's suggestions show that China has mastered the technology related to high-speed maglev engineering.
He said that Japan will continue to be a strong rival in bullet train development and high-speed maglev train technology.
A Japanese maglev train reached 603km/h on an experimental track in Yamanashi prefecture in 2015, and Japan plans to put maglev trains running at a maximum speed of 505 km/h into operation on the Chuo Shinkansen, a new rail line connecting Tokyo and Nagoya, in 2027, according to Central Japan Railway Co, the railroad's owner and operator.
China's high-speed maglev transportation system leads the world, providing feasible "Chinese solution" for green and smart rail transit in the future, a transportation expert said.
The overall technological level of China's high-speed magnetic levitation (maglev) transportation system tops the global rankings, Zhao Chunfa, a researcher at the State Key Laboratory of Traction Power of Southwest Jiaotong University, told People's Daily overseas edition.
It has been nearly 20 years since China's first commercial maglev system, a 30 km stretch between Shanghai downtown and the Shanghai Pudong International Airport, was put into operation.
Ever since, the country has made unremitting endeavors to develop maglev trains, using cutting-edge technologies to transform the domestic railway industry.
China's new high-speed maglev train, with a designed top speed of 600 km per hour, rolled off the production line in the coastal city of Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, in July last year.
Compared with traditional trains running on wheels, high-speed maglev trains do not have contact with rail tracks.
High-speed maglev trains can reach a top speed of 500-600 kilometers per hour, filling the gap between high-speed rail services and aircraft.
China's high-speed maglev transport system still has wide room for research and application, Zhao said.
In the long term, the high-speed maglev transport system could further the civil-military integration development.
The manufacture of China's first permanent maglev suspension train Xingguo reached completion on Tuesday in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province.
Xingguo is a trial project of the Red Rail program and is being co-developed by the Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, China Railway Liuyuan Group Co Ltd and China Railway Hi-Tech Industry Co Ltd. "Compared with conventional transportation tools, Xingguo is a new type of small-capacity maglev train that is safer, greener, more cost-efficient and intelligent," said Chen Guodong, general manager of China Railway Liuyuan Group.
Maglev refers to magnetic levitation, the principle applied by certain railroad systems that use magnets to float trains above the tracks.
China's first permanent magnet maglev rail transportation project pilot line "Red Rail" has been completed in Ganzhou, East China's Jiangxi province, China News reported on Tuesday.
据中国新闻周二报道，中国首个永磁磁悬浮铁路运输项目试点线路“红轨”已在华东地区江西省赣州市完成建设。
"Red Rail" is the third maglev technology system after the normal conduction magnetic suspension technology and superconducting suspension technology.
红轨"是继常规导电磁悬浮技术和超导磁悬浮技术之后的第三种磁悬浮技术系统。
The maglev train is arranged in two units, capable of holding 32 seats and 88 passengers.
Around 10 projects with a total investment of 11.43 billion yuan ($1.69 billion) on design, construction and operation of Xingguo Red Rail Maglev Phase II were signed at the "Red Rail" industry investment promotion conference.
The city, famously known for its products such as electric multiple unit (EMU) trains, maglev trains and subways, has maintained a high speed in transforming itself from a rail transit equipment manufacturing base into an innovation hub with a number of industrial clusters, especially in the fields of new energy vehicles, civil aviation, new materials and biomedicine.
As the city proposed to build a world-class advanced rail transit equipment industrial cluster, with an annual output of more than 200 billion yuan ($29.7 billion) by 2025, CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co Ltd, a Zhuzhou-based train maker and another subsidiary of State-owned CRRC, announced in March that tests had been completed for its next generation of commercial maglev trains.
The train, with a designed speed of 200 kilometers per hour, has achieved multiple tech breakthroughs such as unmanned driving and non-contact power supply, said Zhang Wenyue, deputy head of CRRC Zhuzhou's maglev research institute.
China's first high-speed maglev train, with a top speed of 600 kilometers per hour, will roll off the production line in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Tuesday, a major achievement in the country's development of rail transportation.
中国首列时速达600公里的高速磁浮列车将于周二在山东省青岛市下线，这是我国轨道交通发展的一项重大成果。
The train is due to undergo several years of testing before it enters service, and high-speed maglev tracks will have to be laid.
这列火车在投入服务之前预计需要经过数年的测试，并且必须铺设高速磁悬浮轨道。
The high-speed maglev train, developed solely in China, features cutting-edge rail technologies, said the manufacturer, CRRC Qingdao Sifang, a subsidiary of State-owned China Railway Rolling Stock Corp.
中国中车青岛四方股份有限公司，作为中国铁路总公司下属子公司，宣称其自主研发的高速磁浮列车搭载了一系列尖端轨道技术。
Transportation experts said the high-speed maglev train provides a viable option for short- and medium-distance passenger transport, such as daily commutes in large cities and in city clusters such as the Yangtze River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei areas.
交通专家表示，高速磁悬浮列车为短途和中程客运提供了可行的选择，例如大城市内的日常通勤以及长江三角洲、京津冀等城市群之间的出行。
A number of cities are planning to build high-speed maglev lines, and have entered the research and assessment stage, including the Shanghai-Hangzhou and Chengdu-Chongqing maglev lines, according to medium- and long-term transportation development plans for the cities involved.
多个城市正计划建设高速磁浮线路，并已进入研究与评估阶段。这些线路包括上海至杭州磁浮线以及成都至重庆磁浮线，此信息来源于所涉城市的中长期交通发展规划。
In addition to existing maglev lines in Beijing, Shanghai and Changsha, two short-distance low-speed maglev lines are being constructed in Qingyuan, Guangdong province, and Fenghuang county, Hunan province.
除了北京、上海和长沙已有的磁悬浮线路外，广东省清远市和湖南省凤凰县正在建设两条短途低速磁悬浮线路。
The Yangtze River Delta area will carry out a planning study on the Shanghai-Hangzhou maglev project with an active and prudent attitude, news website ThePaper reported on Monday.
Currently, China has three maglev lines in Beijing, Shanghai and Changsha, with a deliberately capped maximum speed of 100, 430 and 100 kilometers per hour, respectively.
China is actively promoting research on high-speed maglev trains.
A prototype of a high-speed maglev train with a design speed of 600 kph was unveiled in Qingdao, Shandong province, in May.
Sichuan, Shandong and Hainan provinces have also scheduled maglev projects.
Plans for high-speed maglev lines with trains traveling at 600 kilometers per hour or faster are taking shape between some Chinese cities in a bid to boost regional integration and economic growth, experts said.
Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, is considering a high-speed maglev line with a top speed of 800 km/h to Chongqing, according to the city's latest development plan.
Wuhan, Hubei province, is also eyeing a maglev train, with China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group, a subsidiary of China Railway Construction Corp, to begin construction work next year, Wuhan Evening News reported.
A team led by the Chinese Academy of Engineering is also conducting a preliminary feasibility study on a high-speed maglev line in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, with a designed maximum speed of 600 km/h, He Huawu, vice-president of the academy, said in July at the 2019 World Transport Convention in Beijing.
Lacking wheels, maglev trains achieve such speeds by running in a vacuum tube to minimize air resistance.
"Maglev is the future of ultrafast trains since it's fast, safe, reliable and low maintenance," Jia said.
"China has made consistent strides in developing maglev technologies and has achieved major breakthroughs in research and engineering practices.
In May, China Railway Rolling Stock Corp Qingdao Sifang unveiled a prototype maglev train with a designed top speed of 600 km/h.
In 2006, Shanghai's maglev train, which uses German technology, was put into use on a 30-km track between downtown Shanghai and Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
"China started operating its first maglev railway more than a decade ago but has since concentrated on conventional high-speed rail because it was hindered by many critical technologies at that time," said Sun Zhang, a railway expert and engineering professor at Shanghai Tongji University.
A set of technical standards for maglev railways, released by the National Railway Administration, will be implemented on a trial basis from Jan 1.
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