JAKARTA – China is increasingly becoming the home of the world’s high-speed rail network. More recently, China unveiled a prototype high-speed Maglev train, capable of reaching speeds of 620 kilometers per hour.
Running at high temperature superconducting (HTS) power, the train looks like “floating” along a magnetized rail. The 21-meter prototype was launched in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, last week, as reported by Xinhua News’ CNN.
Not only that, a team of researchers from Southwest Jiatong University who worked on the project also built a 165-meter-long rail, to demonstrate the outer and inner appearance of the high-speed train.
“This train can operate within 3 to 10 years. Sichuan has a rich resource of rare earth metals, which is very beneficial for the construction of our permanent magnetic pathways, thereby encouraging the development of faster experiments, ”said Prof. He Chuan, vice president of the Southwest Jiatong University.
Billed as the home of a high-speed rail network, China has a high-speed rail network covering more than 37 thousand kilometers, and has the world’s fastest commercial train, the Shanghai Maglev which has started to operate. in 2003. Its speed reached 431 kilometers per hour, connecting Shanghai Pudong Airport to Longyang Road in the east of Shanghai.
China is very ambitious to improve its infrastructure, including the transport network. In addition, they will host the next Winter Olympics in 2022.
Last year, China launched high-speed trains of up to 174 kilometers per hour, connecting Beijing with Zhangjiakou, the two host cities of the 2022 Winter Olympics. If the distance was taken at l ‘origin in three hours, now it’s only 47 minutes.
Earlier this month, the Bamboo Curtain Country launched a bale train specially designed to withstand freezing temperatures. The train, named CR400AF-G, can travel up to 350 kilometers per hour in weather as cold as -40 degrees Celsius. The train runs on the very cold lines of Beijing, Shenyang and Harbin and hosts an annual snow and ice festival.
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