China’s CRRC announced that CRRC Tangshan delivered the first maglev train to Beijing. The train, named “Linglong” and developed domestically by CRRC Tangshan Co, Ltd, will run on Beijing’s Line S1 connecting the city’s western district of Mentougou to the Pingguoyuan metro station in Shijingshan district.
A total of 10 trains will be put into operation in the first stage on the 10.2-km magnetic levitation line, Beijing’s first. With a maximum speed of 100 km/h, the train will stop at 8 stations and serve about 1,302 passengers at a time.
Line S1 is expected to begin operating in 2017.
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