The fastest train in the world,the Transrapid Maglev,runs between Shanghai's Pudong Airport and Longyang Station in downtown Shanghai.Travelling at a speed of over 400 kilometres per hour,the train can complete the 30-kilometre journey in eight minutes.
Maglec means “magnetically levitated”.The Transrapid Maglev is the world's first high-speed train using magnetic levitation technology.Magnetically levitated trains travel in a vacuum between two magnets.There are no rails and no noise.They travel very fast and they use less energy.
On December 31,2002,Premier Zhu Rongji and the German chancellor attended the opening ceremony of the train to Pudong Airport.
On November 12,2003,the Maglev reached a speed of 501 kilometres per hour on the track between Longyang Station and Pudong,a new world record speed for a train.