Shanghai Maglev train interior and driver's window view

This video was taken at a trial maglev passenger journey on 4th January 2003. The video moves the audience along to the front coach of the train and see the view of the driver's front windows. When walking across the compartment, you can see the words 308km/h. This shows how stable the train is at such a high speed. You can walk around in the train without feeling dizzy or losing balance!

At the driver's compartment, the person sitting in between the two front windows is a German engineering technician who makes sure that the trial train journey runs smoothly. In a normal journey, the train can be operated without any drivers!

The view from the windows shows the train travelling along a bend with the backdrop of the Shanghai city outskirts.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• shanghai
• transrapid
• maglev
• magnetic
• levitation
• train
• high
• speed
• bullet
• trial
• bend
• pudong
• driver
• window
• stable
• 中国
• 上海
• 磁浮

[Curaca0Blue]

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

[hardleecure]

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

[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

[sammy522200]

@gobipill o rly?

[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.

[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 ???

[ACfireandiceDC]

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

[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

[lotwyo]

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