| What about the construction of the magnetic levltation train in Shahghai? |
 |
The speed of the train is about 400 kilometers per hour, almost up to its designed speed of 418 kilometers/hour. As against the other magnetic levitation trains its speed is much faster than that of the TGV in France, ICE in Germany and Shinkansen in Japan, their average speed being somewhere around 257 kilometers/hour. The train was first put |
|
into operation on the New Year's Day of 2003 in Shanghai. Why the magnetic levitation train runs much faster than any conventional passenger train is because it Boats in the air, held inches above the rail by the powerful magnets. The USD 1 billion train connects the three-year-old Pudong International Airport with the city's new Pudong financial district. II is able to reach the airport in seven minutes while it takes half an hour by taxi.
Shanghai, the largest and richest city in China decided to invest for the project when other potential customers were put off by maglev's high price and daunting challenges of very high technology, but Shanghai hoped to build up its image of an international metropolia with a high-tech transportation hub by way of this magnetic train.
When will the maglev train formally put into operation? It's not very important to be a bit earlier or later. Safety should be put in the first and foremost plaee to be taken into consideration. The state planners are watching closely, considering whether to use the new technology in any larger project, such as a planned high-speed rail link between Shanghai and Beijing. |
|
|
| Major Festivals |
| |
 |
| |
What are the special features of ringing the New Year in by sounding the evening bell in Longhua Temple? |
|
