Construction will soon start on the test line for the world’s fastest overland vehicle — a low-vacuum maglev high-speed train with a speed of up to 1,000 kmh — in Datong, north China’s Shanxi Province, as preparation work is completed, the local government said over the weekend.
The latest development marks China’s rapid rise as a global leader in high-speed rail technology and manufacturing. A 600-kmh maglev train rolled off the assembly line last month in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province.
The test line is part of the laboratory work for the low-vacuum magnetic levitation high-speed train project. It will provide a test platform for the key technology of low-vacuum pipeline magnetic levitation for ultra-fast vehicles that can move more rapidly than airplanes, at a ground speed of about 800 kmh.
The first phase of the project will involve a 2-km line scheduled to be completed by June 2022. Equipment installation and tests will begin in July 2022.
