China is hoping to double the speed of the fastest trains we have today. According to reports, China could soon have maglev trains that run at speeds of 1000kph plying through tubes underground in a couple of years from now. Southwest Jiaotong University claims to be working on 500kph to 600kph trains now, which they could build to hit upwards of 1,000kph inside of vacuum tube where there’s no air friction. These smaller train models will be made with less use of steel and could be ready for daily use in about 10 years’ time, that not until an estimated 10 to 20 million yuan (approx. $2.95 million) has not been spent on the project.
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Chinese citizens will soon get the privilege to travel by high speed trains. The Chinese Ministry of Railways has hired Bombardier’s Chinese joint venture Bombardier Sifang Transportation Ltd., to provide 80 ZEFIRO 380 very high speed trains. China’s fast-growing network of high-speed rail will advance towards a faster, greener and better future with these very fast and very efficient trainsets.
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