MagLev May Extend to Hangzhou - Confirmed

Thanks for the man-in-the-street update. I have seen many press reports about the upcoming extension of the Transrapid line to Hangzhou in the past 10 days from my USA home office, but yours is the only first-person report. I will have more confidence in the international news reports now.

Regards,

Larry

Thanks Larry. After blogging for three years, sometimes I may forget about the most important role of a blogger - man-in-the-street. Everytime when I can update the blog in a personal way, I like it and people enjoy it. :-D

I heard on the news (U.S. NPR) that there is also a proposal to build a maglev train from Shanghai to Beijing. The 800 mile journey would take five hours.

JS, In the recent comments column, can you please re-activate the 'last 40 comments function' which makes checking so easy.

How about the cost for such trip?

I think 300 RMB of such trip.
shirley

3oo RMB is expensive for the public to take such trip. According to the news, single trip will cost 150RMB.

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It’s also a coincidence that I found your blog, so I left those words here. I have been trying to write something for a long time, however, after reviewing some blog of yours, this stimulated my passion to write thing.

World is made of a series of inevitability that comes from tons of coincidence. It’s those coincidence make world versatile and things different, which affects human history/society and people relationship.

Perhaps they will make the track from People's Square, and not from Longyang.
If they intend to make it from Longyang, I hope they will make a station at People's Square.

Are there any plans for extending the track from Pudong Airport to Lingang New City (far southeast Pudong) ?

Ronin, noise is not an issue in China, haven't you noticed that ?

Hope there to be one more station here at Fengjing:) Otherwise, I need to shift to Jiaixng or Shanghai first instead of to Hangzhou directly.

Wang Jianshuo: are you positive about this?

Where is Jiaxing?

Are you sure it will go from Longyang Road Station?

If so, that's great since I live 2km from Longyang Road station :)

Article about this:

http://shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/03/14/249805/State_OKs_high_speed_rail_links_to_Shanghai.htm

http://shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/03/15/250509/Inter_city_maglev_trip_to_cost_150_yuan.htm

As I always say in China: "Let's see what happens" :)

I believe it's going to stretch from the South Shanghai Railway Station which sits at southwest Shanghai downtown.

As to Jiaxing city, it's the very neighbor municipal unit to Shanghai, it sits at the midpoint from Hangzhou to Shanghai.

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Dear Jian Shuo,

I am going to china for my wedding next Febuary. As many of my family members and friends will come from Europe, and many of them have a technical background (kind of crazy scientists, you know...), they would be interrested in a technical visit of the Transrapid train (very unique in the world). Do you know wheater this kind of thing is possible, or how I can contact the Transrapid company? (I could not find their website).

By the way your blog is a great source of information: Thanks.

Greg

Greg, there is no public tour for the Maglev. They do have a Maglev technology museum at the Long Yang Road Station of the Maglev. It is free of entrance with Maglev ticket. You may be interested in it. They don't have a good website yet, and I doubt anyone in this (some kind of state-owned) company are interested in talking with you. This is just my guess.

Dear Jian Shuo,

I am planning to visit Hangzhou in mid 2009. Just wondering if construction has started yet on the Magvev extension? There are various conflicting reports on the internet regarding completion dates. Some say 2008 and others 2010. I am hoping it will be operational by mid 2009!

I cannot find any recent reports on progress.

Kind regards
Linda

I don't see any sign of building work at Long Yang Road station maglev station

What is the latest status on this? Has it been canceled or put on hold?