Shanghai Maglev train interior and driver's window view

[toumanz69]

Explosion...

[watup2154]

Shanghai Maglev started in Jan 2004 (Acc. to Wikipedia)--- f

or the Last 7 years China did not Extend Maglev Train --- Why ???

[gobipill]

@watup2154 It costs a ridiculous amount of money. That little 8 minute ride is $1.2 billion. To make up for that price tag, a ticket is $6, which is a lot more expensive than other, though slower, forms of transport. As a result, the train operates at around 20% it's max capacity so, although it has a perfect record and has been successful overall, it's not too popular right now. =O

But it'll catch on as magnetic rails get cheaper.

[sammy522200]

@gobipill o rly?

[gobipill]

@sammy522200 Yes.

Oh wait a minute... I know who you are =D

How did u find this =O

I comment on at least 20 videos every day just for fun and I get tons of responses

I troll sometimes too hehehe

[demir55mustafa]

USA is very powerful country but i dont see there any kind of fast trains maybe they waste their money for invading other countries

[ACfireandiceDC]

@demir55mustafa you're right. I'm an American, and I think my country is very underdeveloped, for that reason.

[fromindia2008]

Why is there such a big gap between two windshields ?!?!?!

[Tman545380]

looks like a plane inside

[SuperSuperkorea]

thank you Japan!!!

[smowalmashair]

ههههههههههههههههه ش فيك يالخووي

[soundseeker63]

How does it collect power?

[ericsantiago011]

roller coasteer.

[EMMAWONDERLAND1]

Too dangerous on the Magnet train 1970's.

[coolsidshan4u]

is it really a maglev...... as I know maglev is still under experiment

[raab155]

@coolsidshan4u yes, there is a maglev in China. This one was made by Thyssen and Siemens. The german maglev is ready to use since 1991. But the Transrapid, or the maglev technologie in general is very expensive and to build this would just a waste of money. At least for countrs with a working railroad-system.

[terry1919]

we have those 2 companies here in Alabama now WHY IN THE HELL can we not get something started here in the USA??? I mean try some sort of TEST PLATFORM such as the I-20 Corridor between Birmingham and Atlanta or I-75 Between Atlanta and Knoxville... I-85 between Atlanta and Charlotte??

[LSBonnPower]

@terry1919 The Test track is in Germany where they develop the train. The only thing these 2 companies do in the US is, TyssenKrupp is building and selling their elevators here, and siemens is doing their computer stuff, cell phones etc. But the train is built, developed, and tested in Germany where these companies have their main headquarters.

USA doesn't have to money right now to build tracks across the nation. Especially not with the crisis that we just got into.

[USFullOfLies]

@LSBonnPower test track from germany?

This train is from Japan.

[LSBonnPower]

@USFullOfLies Are you fucking stupid??? Siemens built this train. And Siemens is German.

[Shirokinukatsukami]

@terry1919

Because the vast majority of Americans are too stupid and associate trains with communist third world nations or something.  They'd rather have highway interchanges and SUVs, as if public transit is an admission of failure on some level. Americans have been hoodwinked by big auto.

[terry1919]

@Shirokinukatsukami you're a mind reader  :-)

[dz2008a]

@simhopp. Bumps? I felt no bumps. I went on it in January and it was a smooth ride.

[JuanPapaNicolao]

love it

[simhopp]

I had chance to ride this train when I visited Shanghai last year.

I expected ultra smooth ride, like floating on cloud, but it wasn't.

there were many bumps and jerking, as if there were some bumps on track or something.

I was very disappointed, the ride wasn't better than conventional 300km/h high speed trains like TGV or Shinkansen.

[charliem989]

They have been talking about the Vegas bullet train for years, it wont happen.

[nighthawkm1992]

yeah but now there actually doing it.. there building the rail system state by state and in another couple of years we should have a cross country high speed rail system

[x3l0natty]

@charliem989 Erm...the Desert Express (Victorville California to Las Vegas) starts construction in a few months.

[sideslide23]

there is a slight chance of having a maglev train going from Las Vegas to Anaheim, and it will travel 300 MPH and you get from vegas to anaheim in just 81 minuts.

[euripvid]

Yeah this train has no drivers anymore, cos it has no engine itself. the track is the engine and this is controlled from outside. It think they just want to let sit somebody there, that the people not scare, that it is a ghost-train ;-)

[jlone420]

who fucking cares...gay!

[TomozukiII]

I drove with that train to Shanghai but you have no feeling of going over 300km/h.... until you take a look through the window :)

[lewnidas22]

i believe guys the n1 technology for me Germany russian japanese chinese after american muscle ;p i from greece i luv germany ;s

[julescmc]

do people realise the maglev was british designed engineered and invented.

then it was sold to the germans under contract to build for the chinese?

[sideslide23]

this got to be the world fastest monorail out there,

[norsten5]

made in germany

[RobertsDigital]

The Brits who started the maglev idea abandoned it. Germany picked up the idea and worked on it till it worked but germany did not use it. The Germans sold it to the Chinese and Japanese. The Chinese started using it. The Japanese perfected it. Now the Brits and Germans have considered it on second thoughts saying to themselves hmmm looks like the train may be useful after all. Construction of the maglev will start in Europe very soon even though they were the first to abandon the idea..

[konnischubert]

You're mixing diffrenet technologies. The basic technical ideas for the german Transrapid and the japanease Maglev are basicly differnet.

[RobertsDigital]

konnischubert I never said that Japanese are using the exact German maglev technology. Yes The Chinese took the exact German maglev technology but the japanese decided to change the maglev track design. That was one technical idea that was changed. But the Japanese still accepted the Maglev technology after all. By the way i was thinking if i wanted to study maglev enginerring i would come over to Germany for it.

[RobertsDigital]

The Germans designed the original maglev track routes to be flat on top. I would prefer mine to be triangular so that nothing like dust or rocks will rest on the top of the tracks.

[konnischubert]

It's ok :-) I just wanted to make clear that the technology is not the same, even though it may be comparable. And I wouldn't recommend you studying this in germany, the test train had a terrible crash some years ago and they don't get much money any more...

[simhopp]

@RobertsDigital

Germany built the Maglev in China.

they did not sell the technology to China,

just the trains and tracks.

Japan developed it's own Maglev technology, it did not buy German technology.

[NobbyBear08]

Wowow so true ... number 1 military power in the world and not to forget number 1 losers ... who can't get their asses up because your so deep in debt ... be proud ... LOL

[sideslide23]

thats the fastest monorail on earth.

[Lone1yBaby]

lol everybody knows its Germans that made it.

[Wavefront101]

Eric Laithwaite created maglev.

[hardleecure]

maybe so... but the Chinese do everything cheaper :/

[TomAto1981]

and the japanese make it better :D

[Rail97]

Möchte auch mal mit so nen Zug fahren. Aber in Germany kann und darf kein Triebwagen so schnell düsen!

[lamewater1]

it is the magnet 1

[aopdjasldksa]

It's actually true... money-wise anyway. :|

[Curaca0Blue]

The Transrapid is german tecnology, also the transrapid in Shanhai!!

[blackcopEH]

why don't we have anything like his in states

[xgirlx405]

Because its about a milllion dollars a mile to build. We are too in dept now. We dont have enough money

[Helge129]

No, in this case, they bought it :P

[zyl2009]

I am sorry to tell you.china buy not steal the technology.Some county compete sell to China for money。

[randledpxy]

As you say, china bought Japanese technology and

shinkansen. But china gov says CRH2 is chaina's

'own' technology. That means stealing.

[woetzech]

In the case of maglev, China bought this train from the German companies Siemens and Thyssen-Krupp which was an exception regarding that thousands of copies produced and sold in and by china..

[SuperIceMan1]

i would be some what scared if i was the driver

[1986r]

you got that right

[durianmon]

Definitely. ThyssenKrupp and Siemens!

[chickengeorg123]

MADE IN GERMANY

[heerowon]

so what antvally?..ur such a looser!

[j6282]

heerown...that's not how ''loser'' is spelled. so look who got pwned

[heerowon]

ahhhhhhh ok!!!

[xCraYoNz]

It's Spelt. not spelled

[j6282]

says you

[upalln1t3]

both version are correct you idiot.

[90pezzo90]

I WAS THERE woohoo

[antVally]

even if its copied by the chinese, thats a good one! u damn fuck! dont u know the maglev in shanghai was made in Germany, bloody stupid

[ccdcat68]

BETTER THEN THE NEW YORK SUBWAY!

[hatakekakashi1914]

hell yea

[wangtong04]

sound?

[durianmon]

watch?v=LVQpYzCUddE

[SZ260780]

boring tooooo slow

[stijn165792]

Here in the Netherlands we go 140 km/h

Boring! However a new track is build so than we can go 300 km/h

[stijn165792]

Trains are going faster and faster:

France: 575 km/h

Japan: 581 km/h

In Germany they are also wotking on a maglev track

[NobbyBear08]

Sorry, but they have their maglev test track for years already ... which is in Emsdetten ...

[Steinzeitkeule]

Germany is working more then 20 years on this technology - but no country is really iintersted. This train will not work profitable so the track will be closed 2010 (most likely)

[andradegabriel9]

Brazilian here!

Here, in Brazil, the average speed of the train and subway vary between 100 and 150 km / h.

Little thing!

Brazilian Greetings!

[EsotericDesi]

Very Nice...

[superb2222]

its a beautiful train tho it wos slow when taped

[starsarebrighter]

this makes london underground tube equal to dog shit

[kevpunk]

there is no comparison. the london underground is the oldest underground system in the world, and one of the longest.

[AmtrakFanNEC927]

it already is

[daco54]

maybe iam a complete geek ,but this is beautiful.

[zarthelas]

No conductor? Thats insane!

[wilfredin]

why is everybody standing up? they look worried about something. you cant tell if there's no audio. and the train was decelerating... was there a problem?

[totorofusion]

since its a trial run everyone is probably just excited and looking around

at the end there's a station... they're probably slowing down for that :D

[totorofusion]

oops sorry, looks like there was a station..

there is one in the downtown area tho...

[durianmon]

There is a version with sound. Check out

watch?v=LVQpYzCUddE

[lotwyo]

@watup2154 Yeah, Asians have democracy and are wealthy? Maybe the JApanese, not the Chinese.

[pflo777]

is there a video available that shows a maglev ride completely form Longyang Road to pudong airport from the drives window. The length should be 7:30 minutes?

[frazbee1]

looks more like 30.8KM/h

[hansy555]

it always looks slowe then it is. but i was in shanghai and i saw it and believe me, it IS FAST!

[frazbee1]

I'm joking!!

[j6282]

ur bluffing!