Germany didn't exactly give up; various lobbyist groups pulled with all their influence against this project. At the time the CEO of the Deutsche Bahn was a car and airplane lobbyist himself. The first leg of a large Transrapid network was supposed to be Hamburg-Berlin, estimated to cost 6 milliard Deutschmark for the track alone. Then, the three players, Deutsche Bahn, the manufacturing industry and the government could not to come to an agreement on responsibility and accountability. And with the Deutsche Bahn having later decided to 1.) not separate high speed rail from the existing network and 2.) focusing on the ICE trains, they withdrew from the Transrapid project. Today we know it was an absolute mistake; with a Transrapid operating at 450-550 km/h from Berlin to Berlin in a ring via Dresden, Munich, Freiburg/Stuttgart/Frankfurt/, Trier, Cologne, Hamburg we could have disabled ***ALL*** domestic flights by now, saving millions of tons of greenhouse emissions caused by domestic flying, and we could have pulled thousands of people from the Autobahn saving even more fuel, reducing emissions and decreasing traffic-related issues. But the infractructure policies of the Deutsche Bahn are to this day an issue, especially for rural areas.
@@arnaudsemelet6050 Mag lev was mostly invented by Hermann Kemper and the Transrapid patents are based on Kemper's patents. The UK needs to stop claiming inventions made by others, especially when they were too incompetent to even realise the tech in large scale proof models or commercial applications. The Shanghai Transrapid was mostly built in Kassel, Germany including most of the components. The Chinese executed most of the project under direct supervision and responsibility of Thyssen. They never got complete legal access to the technology which is the reason why they never built another one without German involvement. And before that the Germans were testing the Transrapid for decades in Lathen-Dörpen, a fabulous test track and for many years the largest, most advanced test track in the world for non-standard future transportation solutions like mag lev. The Germans did neither care about what the UK was doing nor is any aspect of the Transrapid based on anything published by UK people. It is 100% Hermann Kemper and Thyssen, Henschel, Krupp etc.
Rode the Maglev this spring out to the airport and back. Quite an experience, but it's great to view your video providing some different perspectives on this fantastic train system. Thanks for posting!
Absolutely Luke Starkenburg! Shanghai's a fantastic city, and an economic engine of China. I hope to get back there before too long and ride the Maglev again!
@@InsaneNuYawka because they float, and only get forward thrust, It’s like ev’s going up a mountain compared to a aspirated engine which suffers due to power loss and thin air, the ev doesn’t just needs electric, second the lines can bank if needed, the transrapid used a flat track and with its speed did have to have a quarter mile curve, however compared to tgv at the same simalar speed or 350 kph needs significantly wider curve , because of this shorter tunnel lengths can be used saving millions in the process, also unlike a lot of early designs it actually isn’t a requirement to be elevated, it just makes duel purpose roads possible (soothing Detroit could benefit from with its vast highway system). Tracks do have to be relatively smooth yes, but so does all high speed rail, gone are the days where Victorian common rail with its wide low speed and poor quality rail would work easily. Trains such as Eurostar duel purpose rail often slow down significantly on the old rails l I believe I read once that nor mail rail can typically only handle 8% change yet maglev has the ability to vary its usable pitch to be 30%, again saving on building costs over the length of the rail. For instance the California high speed rail has suffered significant cost overruns because of the steep terrain forcing more tunnel work, something that the maglev bid wouldn’t have suffered from to the same level
Just wonderful as always Luke. Your shots are the first I've ever seen of the Transrapid system and how all the individual levitation coil packs can articulate under the car bodies!
Iain Hendry Yes, it has always been a goal of mine to see the train negotiating the steep grade and the sharp curves. It is really neat to see all the individual bogies (8 per carriage) form to the track geometry and slide back and forth under the car body during these tight curves.
I wonder how they're physically attached to the frame? I guess I always assumed that each "C" shaped segment was on an air suspension or something, so that the chassis would naturally settle into the "average" position of all 8 bogies... but it's apparent from your video that they slide laterally, for sure, so there must be something else going on there. What we wouldn't give to get a tour of the maintenance facility, eh? :)
+Iain Hendry Another aspect of the bogie situation is that there is a bogie in between each car. It would be interesting to see how the weight is distributed evenly across all bogies.
american worker so exp, euWILL NOT CHOOSE AMEICAN WORKER HAHA. THIS IS CHINA, LUCKLY WE ARE DEVELOPING COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMERICAN IS DEVELOPED COUNTRY.XD
Don't know about "smarter." But they are willing and able to think long-term -- and they have an economic system that doesn't permit the greed and shortsightedness of a tiny number hijack the entire polity for their own exclusive benefit.
In the Ultraspeed proposal there were some technical (peak power consumption), operational (stations outside city centres) and legal (proprietary technologies) issues that, unfortunately, killed it. My impression is that on balance it was better than HS2 and the above problems could have been dealt with.
Great footage, Luke. Been meaning to comment on your work long before this. Only criticism on this one is the microphone work, which I doubt you could control. Some have commented here that it sounds as loud as a jet, or a truck, or whatever. The truth is that the noise level is determined by the speed. Below 150 mph (241 k/hr), it is amazingly low noise - quieter than the tire noise of a passing car at 30 meters/yards. Above 150 mph, the noise level rises as there is an increase in the volume of air displaced. Eighteen years ago, I used to conduct media and Congressional staffer tours to the Transrapid test track in Lathen, Germany. I'm also the only American (that I am aware of) who has been given a tour inside the Shanghai maglev maintenance facility. It's like the Maytag repairman commercials - so clean and so little activity. I'm particularly impressed with your footage of the maglev leaving that facility to access the main line! Great job getting as close as you did! The Chinese are quite protective of this technology, even though it came from Germany. You can see some of my crappy videos at www.coatesconsult.com, if you are interested.
qued2U thank you, I actually walked past the depot and took some pictures through an open door and saw a maglev inside. There are in fact three trains, even though only two are used at once. One train is Chinese made, I believe. Two trains have 5 cars and one train has 4 cars (because of the fire).
It is true that the noise increases substantially when the train is traveling over 300km/h. If you listen carefully, there is actually little bangs you can hear after the train passes almost like a sons barrier bang.
Hi Luke. A total of 15 vehicles (three consists) were sold to the Chinese. They removed one to reverse engineer for their own version, which was in the facility in 2010 when I got my tour. The 2006 fire was a result of "thermal runaway," which they immediately took steps to prevent. They also installed new short detection wiring to better alert them to such an event if it were to somehow reoccur.
Actually, the wind noise increases gradually after reaching about 240 km/h. The "sonic" bang you hear is the shock wave you experience from the combined speeds of two maglevs passing each other, either at 600 m/h or 862 km/h. Remember this was an initial operating segment, or IOS, and was used to test some theories that were not possible at the double loop single guideway test track in Lathen, Germany. The bang noise could easily be eliminated by simply placing the guideways further apart or by placing a barrier between the guideways where the vehicles are likely to pass. It is in no way a flaw in the system's design but was allowed to happen for data gathering purposes. Hope this helps clear things up.
qued2U the bangs I hear is miles (kilometers) away from where the two trains meet, and the bags I hear is only when the train is going the top speed of 430km/h and after the train passes. The sound I’m talking about isn’t picked up well on this video, and maybe I cut the clips too short. At 4:55 you can hear it.
@@prandomable it was a mix as far as I know. Public interest dropped The Transrapid crashed The government pulled the fundings And the Deutsche Bahn wanted to invest in the ICE-Trains
Сегодня я впервые, именно в этом видео, увидел наземный вариант "Трансрапида" на фоне эстакадный, который уже я раньше видел. Впечатлён. Поставил лайк.
Hi Luke! At first, great video! I love your train videos, I am planning to do an explainer video on how the Shanghai Maglev Train and also the newer SC MAGLEV work from a more scientific point of view in order to show people how the new maglev tech works! I would be glad if I could use parts of the footage from this video of yours! Keep up the good work, people really like your videos!
Thanks for your comment, I really enjoy making these videos and enjoy reading the comments. You may use clips from this video for your video. Are you planning on putting this on TH-cam; I’d love to watch it when it’s finished! Thanks for asking!
@@Luke_Starkenburg Thank you very much! Yes, I started to do science and engineering videos on TH-cam, I will keep you updated when it's finished! :) Up until then!
Hi Luke, this is Kevin. I'd like your permission to link your videos from my website. I plan on presenting in Changsha in 2020 at the maglev conference. You've done great work and I would like to help expose maglev technology to more DOTs in the U.S. who mistakenly believe it is "too expensive," which it clearly is not if poorer countries than ours are building them.
@@jacksonbr4759 Every customer is good. Although I believe the chinese bought it just to study the technology ant therefore "steal" it. They're developing their own maglevs on the same principle now.
Nice shots. If you're feeling adventurous, the top of the comms tower to the left of the frame at 5:11 is a good vantage point. Ask the guard at the gatehouse nicely and be sure to fill out the visitor's book (the last point being very important as both I and the guard found out after the event)
You really shouldn’t love your country... Your country has done some bad things and didn’t change. Plus it’s german technology, China just copied it like the solar energy and many many other things. I‘m sometimes scared how China brainwash their ppl and they even begin with that in kindergarten, that’s really creepy. Sorry but it’s no wonder that Hong Kong wants to remain on their own as a democracy Edit: and wait doesn’t China forbid TH-cam? I thought you love your country, why are you working against it?
Zi Wong but the first Maglev EVER made was in Germany, so its technically their technology. You Chinese are the FIRST EVER to use the technology, not the first to make the technology. And how are the Europeans shameless when they never built the Great Pyramids or that Great Wall of yours (when one of your kings/emperors built them) or the Solar System (made by Nature 4.949 billion years before humans existed)? Also the Europeans are not a race on its own.
Yeah! German Power! But we Germans are to stupid, to afraid for costs to bring this future into service. But happy, China made it. ...and now, last week happend what I alway told: China learned and now they build them owm new Maglev: th-cam.com/video/0vzDkxzXdk8/w-d-xo.html
Both are high speed maglev, but they are two different technologies. The Shanghai maglev pulls the vehicle up to the track and has a clearance of only a few millimeters between the track and vehicle. The Japanese maglev system uses magnetic repulsion to keep the vehicle levitated and has a much larger clearance.
Actually according to a book I've read, the Shanghai Maglev Train isn't currently the world's fastest. The SNCF TGV Duplex in France broke a world speed record in 2007 with a (design) maximum speed of 574.8 km/h.
But it is the fastest regular operating speed. There are higher speeds in test runs, but not carrying customers. The TGV tops out at 320 km/h on its routes.
4:17. Watching in 2024 and still feels fresh ❤❤. Maglev a great technology but failed to revolutionize train rides due to super expensive cost per mile 💸💸 to construct 🏗️
It "looks" like only two Maglev trainsets are in service at any one time. One sees them going in both directions on the same track, so the assumption is that there is a trainset shuttling back and forth on each parallel track. There doesn't seem to be any switching going on except at the start and end of service each day. At eight minutes between end points it doesn't seem like there is much need for more frequency of departing trains than every 30 or so minutes for each track assuming this is a premium service that not everybody uses between downtown Shanghai and the Airport.
ChamplainDivision China transportation is huge, this airport have four other transportations including subway or metro, light trains, buses, taxis,, I think they don't need third or extra Maglev they only need this two Maglev in service one from city and the other from airport to fill the gap😊
There are actually two trains running on two separate tracks. And switches exist which have movable flexible track sections to allow connecting one track to another track (e.g. to the track leading to the maintenance facility). There are some older Transrapid videos here in which the working principle of a track switch is being demonstrated and shown while it changes the track position
It is a Pity, that the Maglev Train is not getting deeper into the City Centre or even connects with Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in the West of Shanghai. At present you have to interchange at Maglev Head End "Longyang Road Station" - to take Subway Line 2 with lots of Stops - while an Express Route with the Maglev, between the two Airports and no Stop at Longyang would be awesome!
It is actually a big planning error and the reason why the Transrapid is widely ignored by most Chinese commuters. The ticket is 15 times more expensive than their regular train, so most people simply wait and accept the longer travel time. I agree, had they extended the train into the city center and connected another close-by metroplex region it would make a profit and be used by lots of people regularly.
I don't know how to really describe where the statues are. It's near the intersection of Shenjiang Rd and Kangqiao E Rd. It would be great if TH-cam would let me post a picture in these comments. I am not from Shanghai and I don't speak Mandarin.
The only Pollution this makes is noise pollution, other than that its clean modern & fast! We should have it in the West "even though its German lol" the line just needs to go through industrial/non residential areas. Start with Australia 1st 😁
Or cover it in a low-pressure tube that in addition to reducing noise, also reduces pressure and thus increase efficiency & speed. That's how you get the Hyperloop
Very very good congratulations very nice How Feeling wonderful journey Like Flaying in AIR How Thrilling Beautiful wonderful congratulations Sangai Wish you all the very best forever forever ♾️♾️🌄🤠▶️😄🔝🆕 congratulations 🔝💯💥🏆🎄🌎
The Shanghai Maglev is the fastest commercial train in the world with an incredible top speed of 431km/h (268 mph) since 2004 is safe and have zero accidents 300 km/h (7:02-8:47, 11:02-14:47, 17:02-21:42) 431 km/h (9:02-10:47, 15:02-16:47) time of the trains
The Shanghai Maglev is the fastest commercial train in the world with an incredible top speed of 431km/h (268 mph) since 2004 is safe and have zero accidents 300 km/h (7:02-8:47, 11:02-14:47, 17:02-21:42) 431 km/h (9:02-10:47, 15:02-16:47) time of the trains
Sir please construct China maglev train project in India. Sir in China 25000 kilometre maglev train project. But India even 500 kilometre also not have maglev trains project. Sir only China only construct maglev train project in India
Vote Democratic, and we can have them -- and all the other nice things that the rest of the "developed" world takes for granted (a functioning infrastructure; universal access to healthcare and education; the occasional vacation and pay raise; etcetc).
Viajamos en este tren de última generación en Shanghai, pero la verdadera aventura nos esperaba viajando en un tren chino mientras recorríamos China con niños en el verano del 2015, Lo hemos titulado "Odisea en un tren Chino". Esperamos que os guste: th-cam.com/video/UMVvV8u4Fbc/w-d-xo.html
As nice as all these trains are, be they regular rail, monorail, maglev or whatever, are they really making a dent on the amount of cars that are on the freeways? If you look at the freeways in places like L.A. California, they are a solid line of cars on four lanes. Then when you see a monorail or light rail train, it has 4 to 6 cars that only hold about 50 people at most. Usually they are nearly empty. That means they are at most moving 200 people. Those cars on the L.A. freeway would move that many people in 5 minutes or less. Only when we get about 10 trains going into the city every 15 minutes will there be a drop in the traffic on the hi-ways.
The Transrapid never tried to compete with the Autobahn or freeways in general, despite the fact that it obviously is vastly superior. The real boss fight was supposedly between the Transrapid and Lufthansa domestic flights, because the Transrapid would have been as fast or faster and more comfortable than flying between Hamburg and Munich or Cologne and Berlin. That's why so many lobbyist groups and conservative think tanks mobilised AGAINST the Transrapid in Germany. The CEO of the Federal Railroad Deutsche Bahn, Mr. Mehdorn, was a car lobbyist and later airplane lobbyist himself. Funny that it was Deutsche Bahn who pulled out of the Transrapid project first.... Today, German has realised that it was a big mistake not to enforce a Transrapid network from a federal level. They could have been the first country to reduce domestic flying by 90% or even completely ban it. But now, 30 years later, it is even less likely to push the solid Transrapid business case through bureacratic walls and be successful against the lobbyist groups. It is a sad story of a German high tech invention bursting into pieces at the bureaucrats' desks.
@rictrexell2118 - That is an absolutely correct question and the answer is very sobering. While in other countries there is a high willingness to accept this kind of traffic, in the U.S. there is no need to ask this question, because Americans do not care about the impact of their actions on their country and the rest of the world.
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It is so beautiful, fast and quiet. A shame we here, in Germany, gave up on it. Looks like a sweet caterpillar.
Germany didn't exactly give up; various lobbyist groups pulled with all their influence against this project. At the time the CEO of the Deutsche Bahn was a car and airplane lobbyist himself. The first leg of a large Transrapid network was supposed to be Hamburg-Berlin, estimated to cost 6 milliard Deutschmark for the track alone.
Then, the three players, Deutsche Bahn, the manufacturing industry and the government could not to come to an agreement on responsibility and accountability. And with the Deutsche Bahn having later decided to 1.) not separate high speed rail from the existing network and 2.) focusing on the ICE trains, they withdrew from the Transrapid project.
Today we know it was an absolute mistake; with a Transrapid operating at 450-550 km/h from Berlin to Berlin in a ring via Dresden, Munich, Freiburg/Stuttgart/Frankfurt/, Trier, Cologne, Hamburg we could have disabled ***ALL*** domestic flights by now, saving millions of tons of greenhouse emissions caused by domestic flying, and we could have pulled thousands of people from the Autobahn saving even more fuel, reducing emissions and decreasing traffic-related issues.
But the infractructure policies of the Deutsche Bahn are to this day an issue, especially for rural areas.
Japanese had it...and the worlds' fastest for a long long time...
@@bobbwc7011Japan had it and the fastest in the world for a long long time...
@@7150285 Maglev is a genuine German invention and the Transrapid was commercially ready long before any other concept.
@@7150285 Japan has a completely different maglev system. And still not in regular use for passenger transport.
A masterpiece of engineering.
German Engineering
German engineering.
@@tarekteimeh every train is a uk engineering, they invented it
@@arnaudsemelet6050 everything belongs to Ethiopia as humans came from there
@@arnaudsemelet6050 Mag lev was mostly invented by Hermann Kemper and the Transrapid patents are based on Kemper's patents. The UK needs to stop claiming inventions made by others, especially when they were too incompetent to even realise the tech in large scale proof models or commercial applications. The Shanghai Transrapid was mostly built in Kassel, Germany including most of the components. The Chinese executed most of the project under direct supervision and responsibility of Thyssen. They never got complete legal access to the technology which is the reason why they never built another one without German involvement. And before that the Germans were testing the Transrapid for decades in Lathen-Dörpen, a fabulous test track and for many years the largest, most advanced test track in the world for non-standard future transportation solutions like mag lev. The Germans did neither care about what the UK was doing nor is any aspect of the Transrapid based on anything published by UK people. It is 100% Hermann Kemper and Thyssen, Henschel, Krupp etc.
Rode the Maglev this spring out to the airport and back. Quite an experience, but it's great to view your video providing some different perspectives on this fantastic train system. Thanks for posting!
fasteddy you’re welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed the video! I wish we could see similar high speed maglevs built elsewhere!
Absolutely Luke Starkenburg! Shanghai's a fantastic city, and an economic engine of China. I hope to get back there before too long and ride the Maglev again!
Wenn ich den Transrapid sehe , schmilzt mein Herz ♥️✌️
JAAAAA
It’s insane to see a train move so fast
4:14 This shot is insane
This is why maglev is better for hills and uneven land
@@ram64man How so ? from my understanding of the technology these things have to be precise to the millimeter which make grades and curves a nightmare
@@InsaneNuYawka because they float, and only get forward thrust, It’s like ev’s going up a mountain compared to a aspirated engine which suffers due to power loss and thin air, the ev doesn’t just needs electric, second the lines can bank if needed, the transrapid used a flat track and with its speed did have to have a quarter mile curve, however compared to tgv at the same simalar speed or 350 kph needs significantly wider curve , because of this shorter tunnel lengths can be used saving millions in the process, also unlike a lot of early designs it actually isn’t a requirement to be elevated, it just makes duel purpose roads possible (soothing Detroit could benefit from with its vast highway system). Tracks do have to be relatively smooth yes, but so does all high speed rail, gone are the days where Victorian common rail with its wide low speed and poor quality rail would work easily. Trains such as Eurostar duel purpose rail often slow down significantly on the old rails l I believe I read once that nor mail rail can typically only handle 8% change yet maglev has the ability to vary its usable pitch to be 30%, again saving on building costs over the length of the rail. For instance the California high speed rail has suffered significant cost overruns because of the steep terrain forcing more tunnel work, something that the maglev bid wouldn’t have suffered from to the same level
@@ram64man thx for the info, learnt something new today
7:25 you can see that it's rising a bit with magnet
I really wanted to get this shot and used a tripod so you can really see the train lifting up on magnets before it starts to move.
omg
@@Luke_Starkenburg And get that shot you did. I actually saw the train lift up before it took off.
Sometimes I look up this video specifically to click that timestamp. It's so cool to see :)
Just wonderful as always Luke. Your shots are the first I've ever seen of the Transrapid system and how all the individual levitation coil packs can articulate under the car bodies!
Iain Hendry Yes, it has always been a goal of mine to see the train negotiating the steep grade and the sharp curves. It is really neat to see all the individual bogies (8 per carriage) form to the track geometry and slide back and forth under the car body during these tight curves.
I wonder how they're physically attached to the frame? I guess I always assumed that each "C" shaped segment was on an air suspension or something, so that the chassis would naturally settle into the "average" position of all 8 bogies... but it's apparent from your video that they slide laterally, for sure, so there must be something else going on there. What we wouldn't give to get a tour of the maintenance facility, eh? :)
+Iain Hendry Another aspect of the bogie situation is that there is a bogie in between each car. It would be interesting to see how the weight is distributed evenly across all bogies.
Will have to do some digging in Google Patents and see if I can find anything submitted by Transrapid. :)
3:56 I literally couldn't process how many carriages the train that passed had because it's so fast! 😵
Great footage! We really need one of these in the US....
And here in Sweden.
american worker so exp, euWILL NOT CHOOSE AMEICAN WORKER HAHA. THIS IS CHINA, LUCKLY WE ARE DEVELOPING COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMERICAN IS DEVELOPED COUNTRY.XD
Why?
Not gonna happen my Friend! Its too expensive for America "especially when you're 21 trillion in debt"! From you're Aussie cousin..
@Roelf Gesami idk man public transport in America suck
Well done. Lots of interesting shots of the maglev and at different speeds. It's on my 'to do' list now. Thanks for sharing.
Such a shame that this ultra-fast maglev system is not the chosen option for high speed land transport in the UK.
citytransportinfo I agree!
+citytransportinfo Everything is ancient in the UK lol, your roads and rail network are so dated it's unreal..
The noise created by the Maglev is also very noisy. You can hear it even when the shot was taken further away.
Don't know about "smarter." But they are willing and able to think long-term -- and they have an economic system that doesn't permit the greed and shortsightedness of a tiny number hijack the entire polity for their own exclusive benefit.
In the Ultraspeed proposal there were some technical (peak power consumption), operational (stations outside city centres) and legal (proprietary technologies) issues that, unfortunately, killed it. My impression is that on balance it was better than HS2 and the above problems could have been dealt with.
Excellent shots of an amazing train !
Nice Video! I will be at Shanghai soon. I hope to take this.
Great footage, Luke. Been meaning to comment on your work long before this. Only criticism on this one is the microphone work, which I doubt you could control. Some have commented here that it sounds as loud as a jet, or a truck, or whatever. The truth is that the noise level is determined by the speed. Below 150 mph (241 k/hr), it is amazingly low noise - quieter than the tire noise of a passing car at 30 meters/yards. Above 150 mph, the noise level rises as there is an increase in the volume of air displaced. Eighteen years ago, I used to conduct media and Congressional staffer tours to the Transrapid test track in Lathen, Germany. I'm also the only American (that I am aware of) who has been given a tour inside the Shanghai maglev maintenance facility. It's like the Maytag repairman commercials - so clean and so little activity. I'm particularly impressed with your footage of the maglev leaving that facility to access the main line! Great job getting as close as you did! The Chinese are quite protective of this technology, even though it came from Germany. You can see some of my crappy videos at www.coatesconsult.com, if you are interested.
qued2U thank you, I actually walked past the depot and took some pictures through an open door and saw a maglev inside. There are in fact three trains, even though only two are used at once. One train is Chinese made, I believe. Two trains have 5 cars and one train has 4 cars (because of the fire).
It is true that the noise increases substantially when the train is traveling over 300km/h. If you listen carefully, there is actually little bangs you can hear after the train passes almost like a sons barrier bang.
Hi Luke. A total of 15 vehicles (three consists) were sold to the Chinese. They removed one to reverse engineer for their own version, which was in the facility in 2010 when I got my tour. The 2006 fire was a result of "thermal runaway," which they immediately took steps to prevent. They also installed new short detection wiring to better alert them to such an event if it were to somehow reoccur.
Actually, the wind noise increases gradually after reaching about 240 km/h. The "sonic" bang you hear is the shock wave you experience from the combined speeds of two maglevs passing each other, either at 600 m/h or 862 km/h. Remember this was an initial operating segment, or IOS, and was used to test some theories that were not possible at the double loop single guideway test track in Lathen, Germany. The bang noise could easily be eliminated by simply placing the guideways further apart or by placing a barrier between the guideways where the vehicles are likely to pass. It is in no way a flaw in the system's design but was allowed to happen for data gathering purposes. Hope this helps clear things up.
qued2U the bangs I hear is miles (kilometers) away from where the two trains meet, and the bags I hear is only when the train is going the top speed of 430km/h and after the train passes. The sound I’m talking about isn’t picked up well on this video, and maybe I cut the clips too short. At 4:55 you can hear it.
a shame that the german goverment cancelled all projects with it :(
It actually was the Federal Railroad Agency Deutsche Bahn who pulled out because they wanted to stick to the ICE trains.
Yes. It is ashame I agree. But who's fault was it????
@@prandomable it was a mix as far as I know.
Public interest dropped
The Transrapid crashed
The government pulled the fundings
And the Deutsche Bahn wanted to invest in the ICE-Trains
@@srcuso so it is Germany's own fault...for doing so.
@@prandomable more or less. Tbh it was pretty expensive
This video is amazing. Thank you so much
Сегодня я впервые, именно в этом видео, увидел наземный вариант "Трансрапида" на фоне эстакадный, который уже я раньше видел. Впечатлён. Поставил лайк.
Excellent footage!
Thank you!
A 1 PROFESSIONAL FOOTAGE !
Hi Luke! At first, great video! I love your train videos, I am planning to do an explainer video on how the Shanghai Maglev Train and also the newer SC MAGLEV work from a more scientific point of view in order to show people how the new maglev tech works! I would be glad if I could use parts of the footage from this video of yours! Keep up the good work, people really like your videos!
Thanks for your comment, I really enjoy making these videos and enjoy reading the comments. You may use clips from this video for your video. Are you planning on putting this on TH-cam; I’d love to watch it when it’s finished! Thanks for asking!
@@Luke_Starkenburg Thank you very much! Yes, I started to do science and engineering videos on TH-cam, I will keep you updated when it's finished! :) Up until then!
it even sounds like a plane!! jawdropping !!
Nicely filmed. Wonderful visuals. Well done China.
Wow, it's quite quiet actually. Not much louder than a truck passing
Guess why it's so quiet ;)
The sound is mostly created from the train hitting the air around it.
your spelling is good! quite quiet :P
It litterally sounds like a truck passing like the wooosh of the tires yet the maglev has litterally none at all
grrr 。 what? You can hit air? Gosh this is so mind blowing!
Wow, incredible 😮🚅
Hi Luke, this is Kevin. I'd like your permission to link your videos from my website. I plan on presenting in Changsha in 2020 at the maglev conference. You've done great work and I would like to help expose maglev technology to more DOTs in the U.S. who mistakenly believe it is "too expensive," which it clearly is not if poorer countries than ours are building them.
qued2U you have my full permission! I hope my videos can show that maglev technology is ready for implementation anywhere!
Thanks for the super video
Beautiful german technology,
Stardenhardenburdenbarst
should you sell a it to Brazil?
@@jacksonbr4759 Every customer is good. Although I believe the chinese bought it just to study the technology ant therefore "steal" it. They're developing their own maglevs on the same principle now.
@@CombraStudios my country want a train speed,and I believe that the maglevs, it's would be a great option.
Smart Chinese people. 👍
That train is so fast I'd become dizzy!
Very nice footage
Janello6 Thank you!
Nice shots.
If you're feeling adventurous, the top of the comms tower to the left of the frame at 5:11 is a good vantage point. Ask the guard at the gatehouse nicely and be sure to fill out the visitor's book (the last point being very important as both I and the guard found out after the event)
Thanks for the tip. I'll have to try this out next time!
PartTimeLaowai
Deutsche Technik ist einfach Spitze!
when it whent to full speed it blew my mind
The origin place where this train was born and tested; th-cam.com/video/PK8iAuUrz7w/w-d-xo.html
There are also maglev trains in Beijing, but they are rarely known.
I like the fact that it's so fast it's starting to sound like an aeroplane.👍😃😂😁
It’s so quiet and simple!!!!
As a Chinese, I am very proud! I love my country!
German technology;)
You really shouldn’t love your country...
Your country has done some bad things and didn’t change. Plus it’s german technology, China just copied it like the solar energy and many many other things. I‘m sometimes scared how China brainwash their ppl and they even begin with that in kindergarten, that’s really creepy. Sorry but it’s no wonder that Hong Kong wants to remain on their own as a democracy
Edit: and wait doesn’t China forbid TH-cam? I thought you love your country, why are you working against it?
China is amazing！！！
It's German technology,
But onlyoperating in China.
It's so cool!
I want to feel the speed of maglev train in China!
Zi Wong but the first Maglev EVER made was in Germany, so its technically their technology.
You Chinese are the FIRST EVER to use the technology, not the first to make the technology.
And how are the Europeans shameless when they never built the Great Pyramids or that Great Wall of yours (when one of your kings/emperors built them) or the Solar System (made by Nature 4.949 billion years before humans existed)?
Also the Europeans are not a race on its own.
Zi Wong 核心技术确实是德国的
Yeah! German Power! But we Germans are to stupid, to afraid for costs to bring this future into service.
But happy, China made it.
...and now, last week happend what I alway told: China learned and now they build them owm new Maglev: th-cam.com/video/0vzDkxzXdk8/w-d-xo.html
@@GerhardReinig Im Jahre 1985 war deutschland mit dem Transrapid nicht im Jahr 1985 sondern im Jahr 2319
@@proxima1890 Sorry, ich verstehe den Kommentar nicht.
1985 zu 2319?
Wish we had the same engineering marvel in India!
maybe in 30-40 years and by than china will have the turbo maglev at 1000kmp
@@blacksea5398 30 years probably . Or maybe never.
Keep rejection people with 90% marks and accept 30 percentage people
In Japan M'aglev wil larrive in 20 years I think??? And in Shaghai they already have it since last year! Can't believe it! Is it the same technology
japan said it will be in service by 2027.thats near the time america will open its first high speed train route
Both are high speed maglev, but they are two different technologies. The Shanghai maglev pulls the vehicle up to the track and has a clearance of only a few millimeters between the track and vehicle. The Japanese maglev system uses magnetic repulsion to keep the vehicle levitated and has a much larger clearance.
The main reason the line is taking so long to build is because it is being built almost exclusively in tunnels. Tunnels take a long time to dig.
Shanghai has been running it since 2002, 15 years has passed
The Shanghai Maglev is a German Transrapid. The first prototype was finished in 1979.
Actually according to a book I've read, the Shanghai Maglev Train isn't currently the world's fastest. The SNCF TGV Duplex in France broke a world speed record in 2007 with a (design) maximum speed of 574.8 km/h.
But it is the fastest regular operating speed. There are higher speeds in test runs, but not carrying customers. The TGV tops out at 320 km/h on its routes.
The Transrapid would be able to go even faster. Need more development. The current Transrapid development kind of stopped in 2000.
4:17. Watching in 2024 and still feels fresh ❤❤. Maglev a great technology but failed to revolutionize train rides due to super expensive cost per mile 💸💸 to construct 🏗️
It's like something you would see in a sci-fi movie.
Awesome video dude!
Thanks!
It "looks" like only two Maglev trainsets are in service at any one time. One sees them going in both directions on the same track, so the assumption is that there is a trainset shuttling back and forth on each parallel track. There doesn't seem to be any switching going on except at the start and end of service each day. At eight minutes between end points it doesn't seem like there is much need for more frequency of departing trains than every 30 or so minutes for each track assuming this is a premium service that not everybody uses between downtown Shanghai and the Airport.
ChamplainDivision China transportation is huge, this airport have four other transportations including subway or metro, light trains, buses, taxis,, I think they don't need third or extra Maglev they only need this two Maglev in service one from city and the other from airport to fill the gap😊
Beautiful😊
How does the train switches to the second rail/track (the one the train is running on while you were filming from inside the train?
There are actually two trains running on two separate tracks. And switches exist which have movable flexible track sections to allow connecting one track to another track (e.g. to the track leading to the maintenance facility). There are some older Transrapid videos here in which the working principle of a track switch is being demonstrated and shown while it changes the track position
It is a Pity,
that the Maglev Train is not getting deeper into the City Centre
or even connects with Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in the West of Shanghai.
At present you have to interchange at Maglev Head End "Longyang Road Station"
- to take Subway Line 2 with lots of Stops -
while an Express Route with the Maglev, between the two Airports and no Stop at Longyang would be awesome!
It is actually a big planning error and the reason why the Transrapid is widely ignored by most Chinese commuters. The ticket is 15 times more expensive than their regular train, so most people simply wait and accept the longer travel time. I agree, had they extended the train into the city center and connected another close-by metroplex region it would make a profit and be used by lots of people regularly.
wonderful video~real nice!
drjnas Thanks
Damn rich country
At 7:30, it looks like the train hasn't had a bath in a while :D
How long are most trips, does it stay in shanghai
What is the announcer saying at the station ?
I've always wondered, if it doesn't touch the tracks, how does it gets power for the lights and air-conditioning? Induction?
Yes, induction.
It just looks so cool at 430 kph
it is not that quiet, but they can do something for noise cancellation...
4:24 Y O L O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O
Sounds like the future that never was. :(
Amazing
5:26 where is that, those statues??
I don't know how to really describe where the statues are. It's near the intersection of Shenjiang Rd and Kangqiao E Rd. It would be great if TH-cam would let me post a picture in these comments. I am not from Shanghai and I don't speak Mandarin.
Hi, which camcorder did you use to shoot this? The image quality seems pretty good. Cheers!
I use a Cannon G30 for most of my videos. It's a nice camera with excellent and smooth zooming capabilities!
Can’t wait to ride it when I can go to China!!
The only Pollution this makes is noise pollution, other than that its clean modern & fast! We should have it in the West "even though its German lol" the line just needs to go through industrial/non residential areas. Start with Australia 1st 😁
Or cover it in a low-pressure tube that in addition to reducing noise, also reduces pressure and thus increase efficiency & speed. That's how you get the Hyperloop
plus the tunnel have to be vacuum sucked to suck in much like entering a vacuum cleaner.
Awesome!
天下第一 👌
Are most other monorails maglevs?
Typical monorails are not maglevs, most of them run on rubber tires.
4:15 a few miles faster than the Intercity 125 😳
That’s as loud as a jet!
Too sad that we did not manage to establish it in Germany. Bu nevrtheless great technology. Looking forward to the new version with 600km/h
Wenn man das Bild weglässt, könnte man meinen, daß hier eine normale Eisenbahn fährt.
Ahja
What people didn't know is that these trains emit a lot of radiation
They really don't
NUMBER ONE
7:31 you can see how many insects it killed
So sad
Very very good congratulations very nice How Feeling wonderful journey
Like Flaying in AIR How Thrilling
Beautiful wonderful congratulations Sangai Wish you all the very best forever forever ♾️♾️🌄🤠▶️😄🔝🆕 congratulations 🔝💯💥🏆🎄🌎
Thank you!
and sorry about the name but its arjun ramaswamy but you can call me arjun
vere nice train *********
it looks like GoNnA gO fAsT!
Amazing China
They have bought it from germany.
@@REDxFROG So what? They still manage it better than the Germans
Japan Maglev is faster. Or at least as SC Maglev. They do 500 KM/H (310 MPH) top speed while in service thru the tunnels underneath the mountains😊
That really fast.
The Shanghai Maglev
is the fastest commercial train in the world with an incredible top speed of 431km/h (268 mph) since 2004 is safe and have zero accidents
300 km/h (7:02-8:47, 11:02-14:47, 17:02-21:42)
431 km/h (9:02-10:47, 15:02-16:47) time of the trains
Hmmm. I’ve not heard those noises. They shouldn’t be there.
This is why China is No.1
lol the technology for these trains was sold to china by germany :P
+Killersardine2011 that means that this is now chinese
***** the magnetic track and some of trains are made in Shanghai.
***** that means the maglev train is CHINESE
***** who cares,
Korea has the best internet connection in the world and they are not the ones who invented internet.
The Maglev train there in my test.
The Shanghai Maglev
is the fastest commercial train in the world with an incredible top speed of 431km/h (268 mph) since 2004 is safe and have zero accidents
300 km/h (7:02-8:47, 11:02-14:47, 17:02-21:42)
431 km/h (9:02-10:47, 15:02-16:47) time of the trains
an answer to all the noise and air pollutions problems in the world
Sir please construct China maglev train project in India. Sir in China 25000 kilometre maglev train project. But India even 500 kilometre also not have maglev trains project. Sir only China only construct maglev train project in India
Hunger games doesn't have shit
Neid !!!
too bad this is the only functioning system, the us could use some of these
Vote Democratic, and we can have them -- and all the other nice things that the rest of the "developed" world takes for granted (a functioning infrastructure; universal access to healthcare and education; the occasional vacation and pay raise; etcetc).
most ironic name i've seen in a while smartalek,
Why?
You are joking, aren't you?
Europe could use these
4:17 YOLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Viajamos en este tren de última generación en Shanghai, pero la verdadera aventura nos esperaba viajando en un tren chino mientras recorríamos China con niños en el verano del 2015, Lo hemos titulado "Odisea en un tren Chino". Esperamos que os guste: th-cam.com/video/UMVvV8u4Fbc/w-d-xo.html
Mak
Makuteros un español quejandose c aires de superioridad? Por las dudas noooooo lo veo
It looks like a monorail but high speed
6:18 What train is that?
CarlosAlmeida96 this is Line 16 in between Longyang Road Station and Huaxia Road Station.
SLuke Starkenburg 4@.
he look good, but he sounds scary af.
As nice as all these trains are, be they regular rail, monorail, maglev or whatever, are they really making a dent on the amount of cars that are on the freeways? If you look at the freeways in places like L.A. California, they are a solid line of cars on four lanes. Then when you see a monorail or light rail train, it has 4 to 6 cars that only hold about 50 people at most. Usually they are nearly empty. That means they are at most moving 200 people. Those cars on the L.A. freeway would move that many people in 5 minutes or less. Only when we get about 10 trains going into the city every 15 minutes will there be a drop in the traffic on the hi-ways.
The Transrapid never tried to compete with the Autobahn or freeways in general, despite the fact that it obviously is vastly superior. The real boss fight was supposedly between the Transrapid and Lufthansa domestic flights, because the Transrapid would have been as fast or faster and more comfortable than flying between Hamburg and Munich or Cologne and Berlin. That's why so many lobbyist groups and conservative think tanks mobilised AGAINST the Transrapid in Germany. The CEO of the Federal Railroad Deutsche Bahn, Mr. Mehdorn, was a car lobbyist and later airplane lobbyist himself. Funny that it was Deutsche Bahn who pulled out of the Transrapid project first....
Today, German has realised that it was a big mistake not to enforce a Transrapid network from a federal level. They could have been the first country to reduce domestic flying by 90% or even completely ban it. But now, 30 years later, it is even less likely to push the solid Transrapid business case through bureacratic walls and be successful against the lobbyist groups. It is a sad story of a German high tech invention bursting into pieces at the bureaucrats' desks.
@rictrexell2118 - That is an absolutely correct question and the answer is very sobering. While in other countries there is a high willingness to accept this kind of traffic, in the U.S. there is no need to ask this question, because Americans do not care about the impact of their actions on their country and the rest of the world.
@7:23 Blood stain on the right of SMT logo, poor bird never saw it coming... :/
idk what it has to do with it but SMT stands for Shangai Maglev Transportation.... (wut)
its amazing... but i dont know why i am scared... ?
HwaJeong Jeon no reason
🇹🇷 🇨🇳 Merhaba CHİNA TÜRKİYE den merhabalar Magleviniz güzel.
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