High-speed trains are taken very seriously in China, whose economy is growing every day. The target in the country is to expand the network and increase the speed to 2020 km/h by 1000.
One of the alternative technologies in the world, especially with environmental pollution, is electricity. Every year more and more companies produce and market electric or hybrid models. However, there are problems that cannot be solved by electricity in the automobile industry. For example, traffic and speed limits.
Therefore, developing countries are turning to non-traffic-driven rail systems that can quickly cover long distances. France and Germany in Europe, Japan and China in the Far East rail system is very stable. While France is heading for standard wheeled TGV trains, Germans have been investing in magnetic trains for a long time. China is the biggest customer of these trains.
One of the two train lines with Maglev, that is, magnetic rail system, currently operating commercially in the world, is located in China. Moreover, this system in China draws attention as the longest Maglev line and one of the fastest train lines. Currently, this line connecting Shanghai Pudong airport to Pudong city center is called "SMT", that is, Shanghai Maglev Train.
Launched in 2001, this line was completed in 2004 and was put into service for passengers. In other words, magnetic trains have been in China for 8 years and now plans to expand this line of 30 kilometers. The goal of the Chinese government is to take much longer and much faster Maglev's service in 2020.
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