From The Infrastructurist, a round-up of some of the best recent posts: Look Who's Building Floating Trains... Trains that levitate on magnetic tracks have been the future of transportation for decades--but with one operating successfully in China now... ...full story at TreeHugger
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| 20 Jan 08 |
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Maglev vs TGV »
YouTube video Comparaison en video entre les deux trains les plus rapides du monde, le TGV francais et le train a suspension magnetique Maglev de Shanghai.
Comparison between the world two fastest trains, the French TGV and Shanghai's magnetic suspension train. |
| 06 Jul 10 |
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More Shanghai-Nanjing express trains from July 11 » Shanghaiist From July 11, twenty six new non-stop express trains will be added daily to theShanghai-Nanjing high-speed railway, departing from both cities every hour between 8am and 7pm. Passengers had complained there were too few of the 73-minute trains running... |
| 29 Jun 09 |
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3 die as trains collide, smash homes in Hunan » Shanghai Daily TWO passenger trains rammed into each other from adjoining tracks yesterday in central China, derailing engines and carriages, crushing two houses and leaving at least three people dead and 63 injured. The pre-dawn... |
| 05 Aug 08 |
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Sandstorms keep trains marooned » Shanghai Daily NEARLY 4,000 people have been stranded on four trains since early yesterday as a result of strong winds and sandstorms in the southern part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Four inbound and outbound trains... |
| 28 Apr 08 |
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Scores die, hundreds hurt as trains collide » Shanghai Daily TWO passenger trains collided in Shandong Province yesterday, killing at least 70 people and injuring hundreds as carriages jumped the tracks and toppled into a ditch. More than 400 were taken to hospital, 70... |
| 13 May 08 |
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China's subway trains first export to India » People's Daily CSR Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock Works successfully signed a underground trains order, covering 108 cars or 18 chains, in Bombay, India on May 9,with the total value of more than 100 million U.S. dollars. It is the first time that China's ... |
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