Japan has been building a long distance one for a while now. It got held up in one prefecture because of environmental and political reasons though. Currently running maglevs anywhere are all kinda gimmicky (really no point in going super fast when the distance is very short anyway, waste of money).
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pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks agoDidn’t japan have like the first maglev train like 10 years ago?
LwL@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
stumu415@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
In China they will run it between Shanghai and Beijing, which is about 1200 kilometer. Currently it is either a 2.5 hour flight plus getting to and from the airport or a 4.5 hour high-speed train which starts and stops in the heart of both cities.
With the maglev the duration will drop to 2 hours. That is not trivial as you suggest. It is a genuine transport solution to counter the more polluting flights. In China people prefer the train over plane wherever possible. It is more comfortable, quiet and enjoyable.
LwL@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m saying that currently running ones are rather pointless, not the new one. Both the one in japan and china are pretty great applications.
stumu415@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Shanghai also has a Maglev since 2001: 25 years ago, from the airport with a topspeed of 430 km/h.
But this new Maglev will be a proper commercial maglev to replace the older generation high-speed trains.
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Damn, that’s so cool. Meanwhile, in the US of A, we’re cutting back on Metrolink train lines to save money