Shanghai Maglev Transportation Development Co., Ltd.
Elevated maglev line whose trains once topped four hundred thirty-one kilometers an hour.
This guide to the Shanghai Maglev line centers on August 11, 2006, 2:40 in the afternoon, when a train pulling out of Pudong Airport filled with smoke and passengers were evacuated onto the platform near here at Longyang Road while firefighters spent an hour dousing the world's fastest train sitting perfectly still. You'll also hear how Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Premier Zhu Rongji cut the ribbon on the German-built Transrapid line in 2002, and how its electromagnets lift a train clear of the track before a traveling magnetic wave pulls it forward. Listen for the whine as the next train leaves this platform.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.