China's 'floating' hyperloop train will shuttle passengers at record-breaking speeds of 621mph - faster than a PLANE
Travelling by train at speeds close to a commercial jet sounds like the stuff of dreams for busy commuters. These will be transported in hyperloops - enclosed tunnels to reduce air resistance and hence let the maglev trains go faster China has now begun construction on a new part of the maglev network, reports Global Times, the daily tabloid newspaper owned by the Chinese Communist Party. Costing 10.44 billion yuan, it's an extension of the existing Changsha Maglev line, which is China's second maglev line after Shanghai Maglev, the world's first commercially operated high-speed maglev. Shanghai Maglev opened more than two decades ago, is still the fastest commercial train in the world While China has been using maglev technology for almost two decades on a very limited scale, it has grand ambitions to extend it across the country. Pictured, Fuxing train departing from Fuzhounan Railway Station However, China achieving its grand maglev ambition could take decades, not to mention billions of pounds akin to the UK's upcoming HS2 train line.
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