China set to test 1,000km/h ultra-high-speed-maglev train

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A research team has successfully completed China's first full-size superconducting test run for an ultra-high-speed magnetic levitation (maglev) train. Once completed, it will be capable of running at a whopping 1,000 kilometers per hour under ideal conditions.

The train combines maglev technology with low vacuum technology to achieve ultra-high-speed operation. More experiments will be conducted to reach the maximum speed and to verify the entire system's reliability. Previously, the research team conducted a test at 623km/h under non-vacuum conditions. The train is expected to be used for commuting between mega-city clusters in the future.

[ckokloong]

Elon talk hyperloop, China do hyperloop

[maxbgi]

Here in America, we derail trains at 50mph! Beat that China!!!

[misterhill]

Wow. Very fast.
If this is commercially viable, it will provide an excellent alternative to flying.

[timmaynard]

I now know how the old timers felt when they first saw a car and thought, hell no too fast for me. 😂

[thndrngest]

Passenger planes are all under 900 km/h. This land-flying machine is beyond words, just Wah !

[summerchina]

China continues this consistent and never-ending improvement journey year after year for a few decades now. Impressive.

[LaMangouste]

Meanwhile in the US:
"China is just about to collapse, let's go to war, REEEE"
_Flail arms aimlessly_

[vinodkumar-xrjm]

My Beloved Country.Proud of CHINAS leadership, admire CHINESE people' discipline & intelligence.
❤️🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳❤️

[RED--]

Im so excited for this..Because I know here in China they will implement this for people.
And it won't take decades.

[jdw]

The most important infrastructure any great country need is transportation. China is great at this.❤

[jasonlee]

Well done China, innovating and pushing boundries, and here in england we cant even build a mediocre 350km/h correctly or on time or even to original design specs, a joke, this and the other rail projects in asia are really impressive

[Sean-eczb]

Aeroplane's speed has not improved for decades. Hope China will give us Hypersonic civilian flights in near future. Hope I live long enough. Go China!!!

[mikezhang]

So futuristic. It’s just like sci-fi movie scenes coming to life

[jjl]

I had a ride on the Maglev train in Shanghai about 20 years ago. Now seems China is able to upgrade the train system across the whole country, well done!

[Namanfornature]

Kudos to China. Maglev powered by the renewables can be the most sustainable fast transport available in the world. Achieving the whooping 1000KMPH would be 1000x times better than the planes for the shorter distance.

[ypyp]

Just wow!
I remember living in downtown WuXi just 25 years ago and regularly seeing a man with a live pig on the back of a bicycle. But now this in such short time, well done China, astonishing. Here in the UK we still run diesel trains between major cities in the north.
We’ve lost the race I’m ashamed to say, I hope you behave better than us when we ran the world.

[pushkarmitra]

And here in India people are beating drums on trains running at 90 kmph avg speed 😂😂

[vrishali]

I'm an Indian and I am amazed at how much the Chinese never fail to impress me, be it in the field of science and innovation or Chinese dramas. This is totally opposite of how I look at China in spite of the negative picture the Indian media paints for us.
Still hoping for a world where India and China could adopt a more cooperative rather than a confrontational attitude.

[WeAretheWorld]

I believe China will invent a spaceship that is able to travel in light years

[ChadErenYeager]

As an Indian, I wish India and China have close Cooperation..