:: Travel :: Maglev Train in Shanghai ::
I
have been to China twice. The people are nice; the eyes slanting, the
vehicles on the road can’t stop honking. The Shanghai drivers will honk
at absolutely everything, from a stray cat trying to cross the road to
the 90 year old grandma on the sidewalk to the motorist in front for
dropping a dime. Luckily, the first commercial high-speed maglev line
in the world does not have a horn!!
I
am very surprise with how fast the train can go without much vibration
I’ve taken the train from Pudong International Airport and stop at
Longyang Road Station (actually it’s the only route this Maglev train
service covered).
It
cost me 50yuan (RM25 or USD7) for one way trip. The total track is
about 30km and the train takes 7minutes and 20 seconds to complete the
journey. The top speed during my journey is 431km per hour and………………………..
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