Maglev Trains in Shanghai
If you've ever played with magnets, you know that opposite poles attract and like poles repel each other. This is the basic principle behind electromagnetic propulsion. Today, I will experience the speed of Maglev trains in Shanghai PuDong airport again.
While maglev transportation was first proposed more than a century ago, the first commercial maglev train made its test debut in Shanghai, China, in 2002, using the train developed by a German company- Transrapid International.
The same line made its first open-to-the-public commercial run about a year later in December of 2003.
The Shanghai Transrapid line currently runs to and from the Longyang Road station at the city's center and Pudong airport. Traveling at the top speed of 267 mph (430 kmh), the 19 mile (30 km) journey takes less than 10 minutes on the maglev train as opposed to an hour-long taxi ride. As a tourist like you, you have to catch the spot while the train suddendly accelerated. It happened few seconds only.
The pilothouse locate in front of the Meglev train. If you stand next to the room, you will find the train driver. Luckily, a pretty girl will be your driver. Don't be shy of talking with the pretty girl. Have fun with the Meglev train.
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Somthings about Meglev train -
The magnetic field was created in a maglev train rail system. There are three components to this system as followings,
- A large electrical power source
- Metal coils lining a guideway or track
- Large guidance magnets attached to the underside of the train
- Without an engine
The big difference between a maglev train and a conventianl train is that maglev trains do not have an engine -- at least not the kind of engine used to pull typical train cars along steel tracks. The engine for maglev trains is rather inconspicuous. Instead of using fossil fuels, the magnetic field created by the electrified coils in the guideway walls and the track combine to propel the train.
If you've ever played with magnets, you know that opposite poles attract and like poles repel each other. This is the basic principle behind electromagnetic propulsion. Today, I will experience the speed of Maglev trains in Shanghai PuDong airport again.
While maglev transportation was first proposed more than a century ago, the first commercial maglev train made its test debut in Shanghai, China, in 2002, using the train developed by a German company- Transrapid International.
The same line made its first open-to-the-public commercial run about a year later in December of 2003.
The Shanghai Transrapid line currently runs to and from the Longyang Road station at the city's center and Pudong airport. Traveling at the top speed of 267 mph (430 kmh), the 19 mile (30 km) journey takes less than 10 minutes on the maglev train as opposed to an hour-long taxi ride. As a tourist like you, you have to catch the spot while the train suddendly accelerated. It happened few seconds only.
The pilothouse locate in front of the Meglev train. If you stand next to the room, you will find the train driver. Luckily, a pretty girl will be your driver. Don't be shy of talking with the pretty girl. Have fun with the Meglev train.
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Somthings about Meglev train -
The magnetic field was created in a maglev train rail system. There are three components to this system as followings,
- A large electrical power source
- Metal coils lining a guideway or track
- Large guidance magnets attached to the underside of the train
- Without an engine
The big difference between a maglev train and a conventianl train is that maglev trains do not have an engine -- at least not the kind of engine used to pull typical train cars along steel tracks. The engine for maglev trains is rather inconspicuous. Instead of using fossil fuels, the magnetic field created by the electrified coils in the guideway walls and the track combine to propel the train.
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