A reporter’s first-person account of speeding through Shanghai’s outskirts on an adrenaline-laced maglev ride The Shanghai Transrapid maglev train at a station in Shanghai, Nov. 9, 2009.

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The Shanghai train is being watched closely, as much for the speed and performance of its 21st century technology as for its jaw-dropping $1.2 billion cost — partly covered by German subsidies.

China has been using maglev trains since the debut of the Shanghai maglev train in 2004. That train only travels 19 miles, but it manages the distance in seven minutes and 20 seconds, reaching ...

Shanghai Maglev, 286 mph (China) The world's fastest public train, capable of reaching 286 mph, the Shanghai Maglev connects the city's Pudong airport with Longyang Road station in the city center.

Departing from Pudong International Airport, the Shanghai Maglev is a unique public train, the only one in the world to carry passengers using magnetic levitation instead of travelling on steel rails.

Implementing high-speed rail nationwide would be detrimental to these towns, in turn undermining key parts of the overall ...

High-speed trains offer greener alternatives to short-haul flights. From China’s floating Maglev trains to France’s border busting TGVs, these are the fastest railway services you can ride today.

The Shanghai maglev, for instance, cost an estimated $60mn (€55mn) per mile of track. Another longstanding barrier for maglev trains is the inability to run them on existing infrastructure.

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Train Simulator: Shanghai Maglev Route Add-On One of the most unique, and uniquely fastest, trains comes to Train Simulator, courtesy of Union Workshop ...