In October, a Chinese company announced that it had started work on developing a MagLev train capable of operating at speeds of 600 km/h. The company announced that by 2021 it will have constructed a test line, which will be at least 5 km long, to try out the new invention.
Jia Limin, head of China’s high-speed rail innovation program, also told local media that the company, CRRC Corp Ltd, China’s largest rolling stock producer, eventually plans to construct a high-speed MagLev system running from Jinan to Qingdao in Shandong province.
In addition, the company will kick off research and development of cross-border high-speed trains that can run 400 km per hour and alternate between different track gauges ranging from 60 cm to 1.676 meters.
China is already currently home to the fastest commercial train in the world — the Shanghai MagLev which takes travelers to the Pudong International Airport. Its top operational speed is 431 km/h.
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