Commercial maglev train (Shanghai Transrapid)
Tren de levitación magnética comercial (Transrapid de Shanghái)
- Date
- 2004 · confidence high
- Place
- Shanghai, China (German Transrapid technology)
- Credited to
- Siemens and ThyssenKrupp (Transrapid); the Birmingham maglev (1984) as the first low-speed commercial system
- Field
- Movement
What it is
A wheel-less train that levitates and is propelled by magnetic fields at 430 km/h. It is the fastest commercial high-speed line in the world; Japan is building the Chūō line at 500 km/h using superconductors.
What it led to
- Japan's superconducting maglev and Chinese projects for 600 km/h
- The inspiration for the Hyperloop concept
- The economic limits of exotic infrastructure
Built on
- Superconductivity1911
- High-speed rail (Shinkansen)1964
- electromagnets
- superconductors
Made possible
- Chuo Shinkansen superconducting maglev
- Hyperloop (concept)