There are currently only two maglev train demonstration lines in the world - the Shanghai Maglev Train runs from Pudong Longyang Road Station to Pudong International Airport, covering more than 30 kilometers in just 8 minutes. The Shanghai Maglev Train Line starts from Longyang Road Station of Shanghai Rail Transit Line 2 in the west and ends at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in the east. The line is 29.863 kilometers long and was jointly developed by China and Germany;
2014 On May 16, the Changsha Maglev Project, China's first medium- and low-speed maglev transportation line with independent intellectual property rights, officially started construction. After the line is completed and opened to traffic in the first half of 2016, my country will become the second country in the world to possess such advanced rail transit operation technology.
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1. Introduction to the maglev train:
The maglev train is a modern high-tech rail vehicle that uses electromagnetic force to realize the connection between the train and the track. There is no contact between suspension and guidance, and the electromagnetic force generated by the linear motor is used to traction the train.
In 1922, German engineer Hermann Kemper proposed the principle of electromagnetic levitation and then applied for a patent. After the 1970s, as the economic strength of industrialized countries continued to increase, in order to improve transportation capabilities to meet the needs of their economic development and people's livelihood, countries such as Germany, Japan, and the United States successively carried out research and development of maglev transportation systems. ?
China:
1) my country’s first maglev train (bought from Germany) began running on the Shanghai Maglev Line in January 2003. In October 2015, China's first domestically produced maglev line, the Changsha Maglev Line, was successfully tested.
2) On May 6, 2016, China's first medium- and low-speed maglev commercial operation demonstration line with completely independent intellectual property rights - Changsha Maglev Express opened for trial operation. This line is also the longest medium-low speed maglev operating line in the world. In June 2018, my country's first commercial maglev version 2.0 train rolled off the production line at CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd.
2. Development status:
At present, the countries in the world that have conducted research on maglev trains are mainly Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, the former Soviet Union and China. The United States and the former Soviet Union abandoned their research plans in the 1970s and 1980s respectively, but the United States has recently started research plans again. The UK only began researching maglev trains in 1973, but was one of the first countries to put maglev trains into commercial operation.
In April 1984, the 600m-long maglev transportation system from Birmingham Airport to the train station was officially put into operation. It only takes 90 seconds for passengers to take the maglev train from the airport to the train station. But in 1995, after 11 years of operation, it was discontinued. Currently, the most mature research on maglev trains is in Germany and Japan.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia Maglev Train