High-speed route
Shanghai Maglev
Shanghai → Pudong Airport · China
The fastest commercial train on the planet: 431 km/h with no wheels, floating on magnets.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9786759 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 2 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Shanghai Maglev?
The Shanghai Maglev runs 30 km from Shanghai to Pudong Airport.
How long does the Shanghai Maglev take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 8 min for the 30 km. That is an average of 225 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 431 km/h.
Who runs the Shanghai Maglev?
SMT, with Transrapid maglev.
How old is the Shanghai Maglev?
The line has been in service since 2004. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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