China successfully tested a low-to medium-speed magnetic levitation train, the first domestically developed one in the country, in Chengdu, capital city of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 30, 2006. The test maglev train is 11.2 meters long, 2.6 meters wide and 3.3 meters high. It ran steadily on a 425-meter-long experimental line. With a weight of 18 tons, the test train can hold 60 people. It can travel at speeds of up to 160 kilometers per hour.
China successfully tested a low-to medium-speed magnetic levitation train, the first domestically developed one in the country, in Chengdu, capital city of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 30, 2006. The test maglev train is 11.2 meters long, 2.6 meters wide and 3.3 meters high. It ran steadily on a 425-meter-long experimental line. With a weight of 18 tons, the test train can hold 60 people. It can travel at speeds of up to 160 kilometers per hour.
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