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China almost got 500 KPH. They were running >400 KPH up until 2021. "The Shanghai maglev is the world's first commercial high-speed maglev ... Prior to May 20
by byearthithatius 2y ago
China almost got 500 KPH. They were running >400 KPH up until 2021.
"The Shanghai maglev is the world's first commercial high-speed maglev ... Prior to May 2021 the cruising speed was 431 km/h ..."
- pc86 2y agoWhat changed in the last 4 years?
- byearthithatius 2y agoA German maglev accident made industry experts reconsider safety buffers from what I got reading about it.
- LargoLasskhyfv 2y agoThat accident happened long ago, on a testing track, due to bad signalling/communications, leading to maintenance equipment still on the tracks, and the maglev running into that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lathen_train_collision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lathen_train_collision The slowing of this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_maglev_train https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_maglev_train is caused more by economical factors like ridership and electricity costs.