maglev train shanghai complete video presentation

[xiaochennick]

Gay & Fake

[gobipill]

I would love to be a conductor on this thing.

The ironic thing is, now that America is bankrupt, even if our government wanted to get something like this from the Germans, we Americans would scream it down for wasting "our" money. Maybe if we stopped draining our piggy bank like crazy, we could have some nice things too. T__T...

[sammy522200]

@gobipill o rly?

[ipiximeat]

this video looks like a nazi propaganda for the maglev, with that music...

[Chrisgodoflard]

What happens after hard times, innovation and restart.

[yaxattax0]

If this train ate the ICE and Eurostar, it ate the TGV too, since Eurostar is nothing more than modified TGV :) If the uploaders comment is in reference to TGV's land speed record, well, they cheated to get it anyway, by accelerating down an incline.

Also, all those babbling about vactrains are dum dums - a vactrain is just a train that runs in an evacuated tube, which could be conventional rail (silly!) or a maglev, or some other train technology. Although it would probably be a maglev.

[crankylifter]

That looks nothing like Canal Street!

[spike378]

In chicago it will take around 50-70mins from downtown to Ohare Airport (30-35 miles) by car. By the blue line ancient train system, it will take 1hr-2hr to get to the airport. Not to mention air pollution and noises from track and lack of amenities.

[nat753159789]

what is the name of the song used in the intro?? (:

[carrillobrian]

I saw this at superspeedtrain . com Great Train video

[racingfan312]

This is basically the future. I don't see many cons with it.

[12860682321]

I Been on this train and boy it fast and cheap 11 dollars in CAD.

[kaiserxblue]

Fact: this is German Technology...no doubt about that.

Fact: China has bought their technology

Fact: Only this country can afford it at the moment.

Fact: This is reality..face it.

[Aslapacrosstheface]

@kaiserxblue I agree with that. Any idea when it will appear in Europe?

[natsplit]

@Aslapacrosstheface

There were plans to build a maglev network in Germany. But sadly this was cancelled now.

But its only a matter of time until Germany switches to maglev railways.

[Aslapacrosstheface]

@natsplit Germany seems to be far ahead when it comes to trains. Don't they already have a bullet train network?

[MrAbinashi]

good for china they work very hard and they deserve these things

[psychoeyez]

OMG CHINK OVERLOAD! CHINK OVERLOAD! OMG I THINK I JUST DIED AND WENT TO SOMEWHERE FULL OF CHINKS. SCARY...

[BatusaiJack]

boy I'm gonna build one of these....

[watup2154]

i thought chinese ppl. could do miracles with their hard work... and dedication.... then y since 2006 china was not able to built Maglev Train Tracks all across china.. just imagine... it would have completely revolutionize...communication in china both business & Leisure and not to mention bring all the provinces closer ... if chinese could built The great wall of china... which is the only structure visible by naked eye from moon... they could certainly built Maglev Tracks all across china

[davids5a2]

Do you know who produced this documentary?

[iznet11]

if you look in the rear view mirror you could see America and her stupid politicians

[jjld90]

excuse my ignorance, does it float?

[71kiki]

ticket 1 way 40 yuan = 6 $ = 4,5 €

[cachinchilla3000]

someone should make the parody video for the D subway line in NYC!

[Ollied]

Im sure its something like 1 billion dollars for every mile to build

[sytrader]

WOW!! just so AWESOME!!! Cant wait to visit Shanghai!!! And to think the Indians cant even erect a footbridge for their Commonwealth Games without it falling down!! Shanghai will one day be the CAPITAL of the WORLD!

[DIMATIF]

@Ferior idiot germans provided the cars. China made the rest. Ignorant fool.

[DIMATIF]

kinda ironic how people say their technology rocks and there's another one that's better.

[Seres1091]

@Ferior Actually China only purchased the the "theory" and "royalties"(after intense bitching by Merkel) of magnetic levitation from Germany, they didn't help China build it at all. Chinese money, Chinese engineers, and Chinese muscle built this. What design? M-Bahn from the '80s? What material? German made magnetic field?

How can Chinese steal something even the Germans don't have? You make Chinese look bad.

[Plexpara]

@Seres1091

germans give the technology and germans tell the chinese how to build it.

sorry if chinese people dont can do something like that.but a fact is a fact.

[kruppenstein]

the music sometimes sounds like taken straight from some family movie about boy and his dog

[Banez1991]

wow 8minutes of journey

How far apart are the 2 stations?

[DIMATIF]

@Banez1991 about 100

[cyberOwwwOecho]

The train could go up to 550 km/h for long distances (350 miles/hour). The speed is limited because of the short distance and curves (acceleration-limits, slowing down-limits). Engineers planing a transrapid-way between Berlin-Moscow (no one know if it will become true) are calculating with a constant speed of 550 km/h.

[OROCHI701]

@wowiejunior  thank you^^

[OROCHI701]

so fast!!

Is this made in Germany?

[wowiejunior]

@OROCHI701 yes it is.

[cyberOwwwOecho]

@wowiejunior

Yes it's made in Germany. Eothisian is kidding. In Japan there is still no commercial train available. Even the Japan concept is based on a German invention (former patents).

[shinigamidu13]

@wowiejunior what germany h dumbs f@cks....this is made in china the world fastest train..u europeans peeps will get this technology maybe in 100 years from now...germany made lol wtf h told u that stupid

[Plexpara]

@shinigamidu13

the truth is.chinese people are to stupid to build that.everybody know where this come from.

[Kleinlxn]

@wowiejunior

no it isn't

[DIMATIF]

@Kleinlxn Yes it is. Please get a sense of knowledge befor posting. The train was made in Germany and so was the idea.

[watup2154]

@wowiejunior funny isnt it... Germany made Maglev Technology but Oil Lobby successfully stop Germany from using this Technology........ Thank God we have China .... who can provide Innovation to the World.... @ the same time saving us alot of money...

[watup2154]

Why that Soldier was saluting the Maglev train........ you dont need solute you need Marketing / advertising for this great Technology to the rest of the World.....

[JeremyFuhenstasser]

@watup2154

that was not a soldier, you American idiot

[Eothisian]

@OROCHI701 No, it's a Japanese technology, built in China.

[number9ninja]

@OROCHI701 japan mad etheir own and so did germany

[number9ninja]

@OROCHI701 japan made their own and so did germany

[DIMATIF]

@number9ninja dude... germany sold their plans to china and japan...

[JeremyFuhenstasser]

@OROCHI701

No it's Chinese made using German technology.

[frozenyoghurtify]

@OROCHI701

its made in japan

[montrealcdn]

chinese woman show the point finger up by meaning that they are the first and I believe so if they continue in the same way!

[1978Vtold]

@OROCHI701

It is a German invention and their technology. However track for this one was built by Chinese contractor under German supervision (that was a part of the contract). Rest of the system was built in Germany and transporter to China.

[JeremyFuhenstasser]

@OROCHI701

no it's Chinese-made

[enamalopivo]

Hey people, this is modern China and we'll have to deal with it... italian trains go 70 km/h, when they go... :-)

[RuneWarrior63]

there is a future technology that make trains many times more faster than Maglev trains...if im not wrong they are called Vactrains, making use of vaccum. They can run as fast as 6K Km/h to 8K km/h...Lol

[wowiejunior]

@RuneWarrior63 thats right, vacum tunnels plus the frictionless technology of maglev equals unparalelled speed

[RuneWarrior63]

@wowiejunior erm...the thing i posted is not talking abt maglevs. Its talking abt some future train called Vactrain that runs 10 times faster than maglevs...=.=...

( got the info from Wikipedia)

[wowiejunior]

@RuneWarrior63 erm......the Wikipedia says that vactrains will run using the principle contactles maglev technology, offcourse it will faster! and that's what I was saying. how well do you comprehend english? pffffff

[RuneWarrior63]

@wowiejunior ok...

[16djangel]

@wowiejunior you tell someone that they can't english but you didn't put a be in between will and faster!! haha

[wopsterke]

@RuneWarrior63

its called ET3

[jpeter38]

i was on that maglev!

[lustcorp]

Must be nice to that kind of money.

[1971SuperLead]

Hong Kong is kicking our asses!

[DominMKS]

Niesamowite. :) MagLev wymiata. Lewitacja na magnesach to chyba przyszłość. Ja chcę się nim przejechać. :) Na pewno nie w Polsce, bo 150 lat nie dożyje, ale taki Shanghai czemu nie :)

[fhxak2004]

.....nooby, a good train is not only depend on its speed ...a good train should works good for people

[bmexboy]

Cute German Blonde! :)

[vitacit]

beautiful ! i hope one day i'll take this train ! (or any other maglev here in europe)))...)

[wangqiao1992]

我身为中国人我感到自豪，为祖国这些年突飞猛进的发展，而有些国­家只能嫉妒，我想你们现在说的也不是真心话，你们因该对你们的国­家多出力，也就是说。好好学习，将来替代那些没用的国家干部，话­已到此，我但愿世界和平美好，世界加油！！！

[4ACT]

lol i wonder who made this...

[BLuEsHayZee]

Train is desperately needed here in Las Vegas and California. Too many people drive, too many refuse public transportation if they live in a home and "able" to pay for a car. Wait until gas prices rise again, to 5 bucks a gallon, then people will look into a cheaper alternative, buses are still cheap here and people still insist clogging up the free way here in Vegas, the Hov lane is always empty, and some people are so effing lazy to walk 50 feet. Either way maglev come to vegas!

[halneufmille]

"It's cost effective"

That's a lie, it has never been cost effective, despite the high ticket price.

[TopSideUp]

well, it requires little maintanence compared to road automobile travel or older train models which have friction.

Infact they are going to be a big part of the future.

The problem in my mind is that we have to pay to travel in the frist place. I think eventually over time human culture will change money will be phased out and people will just do things because to make the world a better place.

Question shoudln't be: "how much will it cost?"

It should be: "Do we have the resources?"

[halneufmille]

I also think the future is mass transportation and I'm hopeful that they can make magnet cheaper in the future.

I was just struck by this false claim, although that's usually what you might expect from a promotional video. But then again, maybe if you think about the prestige that it brought to Shanghai to build the first commercial maglev train in the world, I think it is worth the cost.

[TopSideUp]

yeah, they are not cheap to build.. at all.

Even though i must say, we definitely have the resources to build them. Regardless of monetary restrictions.

But they definitely aren't cheap to buy. The savings come in the long term, through low maintenance costs i believe

[onlyonecai]

@halneufmille Call a taxi there, go from one end to the other then tell me it isn't cost efficient. Or you comparing it with a public bus? Yes, let's miss the flight.

[halneufmille]

@onlyonecai Compare it with the reasonable alternative, a normal rail train.

[Carolientewierik]

Nice train, We need one in Holland! When i'm in Amsterdam our trains go 14o km/h. And it's really expensive i think

[cykidX369]

tats fast

[astalivista121]

1.43 Red Dragon !! YEAH GO CHINA

[worldcomander]

i went to shanghai and i used that thing it feels great !

[SINUKAYA]

its $50 million in chinese yuan and $150 billion if converted to US dollars.

china built it in ONLY. ONLYYYYYYYY 4 years...

wow.. i wish in 4 years a train from LA to NY...

[PointlessVideos4Lyfe]

Wow, this goes almost as fast as my tuned Volvo 240.

[bishopdante]

The reason why the technology is commercially effective in this case is simple: shanghai is 20 million people.

A very fast shuttle increases the number of passengers in transit considerably.

Maglev track is the big expense, so short airport shuttles are an optimal expenditure

[manoman0]

another reason you forgot, most probably the most important one: Environmentalists have no say in China (yet). (And how great ist that!!!)

[JohnnyDreamboat]

3:29 the airport ticker says "fuckit" hahha.

[surgednb]

lmao.....nice

[manoman0]

German Technology! YEAHHH!!

[mukatuna]

It maybe German technology, But it is the Chinese which have invested and are operating it successfully.

AFAIK there isn't a public maglev train in Germany yet.

[TrickyEmu]

Because they believe it is not feasible. And they are right. Why should we spend $46 billion in maglev when we can upgrade the high speed rail that can reach the same speeds? Note: Maglev does not mean more advanced.

[manoman0]

Yeah, I know. Isn't that just great?

[onlyonecai]

@manoman0 Germany had the design. China let them put it into reality ;)

[manoman0]

@onlyonecai - I know. Congrats to China. Luckily the environmentalist movement isn't yet big in China. But believe me, one day Chinese will have to deal with them. I hope they'll deal unlike Germans do.

[EUROSUN1]

While China is making great progress please remember that these are prestiges projects. A 30km train system does nothing in a 1.3 billion people nation. It`s also build using German technology. They couldn`t have build this themselves buy a long shot. That`s why most of China`s big projects use foreign engineers and designers. I`m not trying to bash China. China is a great nation but has a long way to go. Yet because of it`s size even at a fraction of it`s potential its outshining most nations.

[manoman0]

true, all you say. Point is: They are DOING it.

[Crapidiot]

eurosun1 they bought it from germany. i think most people would know that. also regarding ur last sentence, u just proved they are better

[basia056]

@EUROSUN1

retard, you'll be surprise that our own chinese maglev technology will be use in a

300 kilometers line from shanghai to hangzhou. it will be finished in 2012.

[contractki11er]

A maglev train from NYC to LA would be nice

[venturafor2012]

not only NYC to LA but through out the entire country every major city in the 48 states... sure, it will be expansive to build, but once it's built, it will be cheap to operate and since it's extremely fast this will make airlines make a run for their money for short range domestic flights (like SF to LA)....

[bishopdante]

@venturafor2012

they wanted to roll it out in the USA in the 70s, but the car lobby had the project killed & funding cut. Currently the maglev people are looking at private funding to build a maglev rail network in the USA.

300mph trains would be great for the USA, big place

[november501]

Can you build a maglev from Vancouver to Hope in B.C.Canada the commute is a killer!

[Zhdophanti]

1:23 just the best :D

[tash119]

Greetings from India.Keep it up China

[Aoudhubillahi]

Very Good. Very Impressive.

[pegobuilders]

WOW...Speed, Safety & Comfort!

[jerefinner]

4 minutes wow :DD

[arroy624]

i would have missed my plane last time without one of these trains lol

[boeingVSairbus]

Great video, but the I hate the music! Reminds me of soviet propaganda films..

[Independentminded1]

u know using both maglev and intergrading a evacuated air-less tunnels could potentially increase speeds and efficiency greatly, most of the energy for conventional Maglev trains is lost in air drag, With this vactrain we could reach speeds up to 6000-8000 mph or km that wood be the shit=) 2 minutes to get from NYC to LA.

[frydechicken]

More like 30 minutes, not two minutes...but still very fast and impressive if it can be achieved without killing people :)

[kitsune2222]

Keep in mind that in those speeds a train need like 30min to reach top speed. And braking around the same amount of time. So it would take a litte longer than that.

[cspmel]

that is not a normal cheap train fool

[kitsune2222]

I dont understand what you mean. My comment was aimed at the guy named "Independentminded1" look at that comment and you will understand my comment.

[frag971]

no, it takes like 3 mins to go over 400

[MrMalavon]

In another video showing the japanese prototype they say it goes from 0 to 500km/h in 90 seconds.

[kitsune2222]

@MrMalavon yeah, but how much time would a cacuum train need that reaches 8000km/h?

[EUROSUN1]

It takes only 2 min To Reach top speed not 30minutes.

[Seref2009]

I love these propaganda films..

[carGT111]

by the way Japan's bullet train goes 600 km/h

this 430 km/h is no match LOL

[wowiejunior]

its true, although japans maglev is a test track, these german maglevs are used commercially already, i just wich the future technology will help boost its speed

[theonlyjerbear]

@carGT111

Actually, no the Bullet train doesn't go that fast.  It reaches approximately 300km/h, this is according to pretty much every website out there on the subject. The maximum speed they have reached has been 430km/h. Just google it, all the websites say the exact same thing.

[basia056]

@carGT111

retard, japanese bulletin runs a slow 200 kph

[isokessu]

@carGT111 This doesn't need to go so fast when the trip is so short :/ and that train isn't even enough aerodynamic for 600km/h I guess

[onlyonecai]

@carGT111 That Trasrapid train have no problem to go faster. But for a commericial train, you don't want it to accelerate too fast or the passengers will not feel comfort. You can't not compare it with a TEST train where it is either unmanned or has some healthy adults on board. For young kids or elders, you'd never know what could happen to them with acceleration too high.

[carGT111]

i mean the train is even faster

the brabus tkr can only do almost 280

the train can do almost 300 lol!

[carGT111]

trains in shanghai are capable of 450 km/h

which is like the Brabus TKR

faster car in the world for production next year.

[omalbec]

I took this thing last week. It is the BOMB! You are at the airport in 7 minutes compared to about 40 for a taxi. 40 RMB instead of 130. It is clean, fun and no more difficult than any airport's terminal trains. Makes London's Heathrow and Gatwick express trains at 16 Pounds look silly. Better than ANYTHING we have in US. I know nothing about the cost to build it or run it, but it sure is nice to use.

[wowiejunior]

i totally agree. the last time i used the heathrow express it was only 14 pounds, and the experience is nothing compared to the maglev which only cost about 7 dollars

[Moscovo]

@omalbec

Hi. I intend to catch this maglev in June :).

How much is the ticket?

[waynesupaz]

I have used this system. It is fabulous. It is Quite, Fast, Comfortable, Clean and Environmentally Responsible. The ride is almost exactly like being in a plane.

This is the way of the future of ground based long distance transportation. The US is way behind the power curve. Even now California is still talking HSR (steel wheel to steel rail) which is just plain stupid.

Kudos to China in their foresight to the future of clean public transportation.

[gecalsthom]

This video is a promotional video released by Thyssenkrupp (the parent company of Transrapid) and is not propaganda.

[JustSueMe]

If this exact video was in USA, all Americans posting here would talk about the American superiority and greatness. But now that it is in China, it's just communist propaganda...

Kinda ironic.

[MrKristian626]

yes

[CCTVNBCBBCNHK]

yeah, spend it as much as possible, or you can buy some real estate, otherwise, after the inflation in the near future, you can only afford a shit.

no offence to usa, but dollars do sucks than before.

[raison]

when you have 2 trillion us dollars which depreciate everyday, the best way is to spend it as soon as possible

[raison]

it is just an experiment to see how maglev works. china is building another intercity one: Shanghai-Hangzhou Maglev which is around 200 km connecting two big cities. the cost is around 4 billion us dollars which not a problem coz it is china where cheap labors are available, not like us or europe.

[Xgen6]

well,there faster then plane

[fightnight1989]

Hmm

Mag Lev 267mph

Average plane, 400-700mph..

Just how is this faster then a plane?

[fredfit02]

trains are shit

[Rmg12]

why? They are the best form of transport actually.

[tangxiahan]

l like the music

[misssunshinelover]

i liked how the pearl tower (i think thats how you call it) sparkled at 0:05

[Balefan83]

horrendously shitty acting, but a great train nonetheless!

[barfoo24]

yea, the train is awesome!

[blackvirus9]

tipical communist acting

[skonatrix]

next step a wormhole and it teleports passengers, not long from now...

[PositiveKinetik]

yup, and remember, we can do it with our minds as well.

[shadow1910]

You talking about the DMT in our brains?

[firstamendright]

DMT... haha tried that once

[seeis]

I remember when my onkle celebrated his birthday in Shanghai 04. He invited 60 persons for a 3 week wecation in china... He's a nice guy.

[RuAlexVL]

Yeah... it's expensive. But it is expensive as much as effective!

[larryfzr]

supeer sonic fast and reliable

[morganwilson123]

good video

[ArcturusIV]

Maglev to connect an airport to the downtown is a complete waste of technology. 450km/h for 50...60 km of course???

I'd consider longer distance for a better achievement of time!

[Wavetalon]

It cost to much to operate long distance. The maglev is mostly just for show.

[negvar]

It's all about show in China, it's a very New Money culture. I remember arriving in Shanghai and noticing how immaculately the highway from the airport is landscaped...gorgeous trees and flowers all the way to downtown.

[Martinit0]

It does make sense because it accelerates "in no time at all".

[CFSO5607]

Actually, what i'm thinking is that maglev is just well for short distance coverage. As the track for maglev trains is really expensive to build and maintain, especially when they build further and further, the cost is not the way what we used to thinking...

[CFSO5607]

Also, maglev travelling outside of downtown can help to ease many problems, no matter like sound pollution, you can imagine what it sounds like when you're standing along the track when a maglev tears past you at the speed of 450km/h, or the sinking of building bases due to the vibration caused by the fast moving train.

[LuckeWent]

How about that chinese propaganda! :P Atlest it's good to see that they've understood the future potential of maglev.

[Schneidmus]

absolutely amazing german technology

[kellyf356]

invented by the British

[bellend181818]

perfected by the Japan Ease

[halomolim]

NOT A CHANCE! Maglev was patented by two GERMAN men before WWII! What have British invented? Colonozing people?! No, not even that!

[sketchgroups]

fuck...its is African invented

[FanyaKaplan2008]

and the concentration camp :-)

[FanyaKaplan2008]

You are right, you germans take the cake when it comes to brutally colonising other people. Our empire lasted a little longer though