Comments on: 1,000 KPH (620 MPH) Super Train for China

By: Timothias

Timothias — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:25:57 +0000

Evacuated Tube Transport(ETT)although not new was first presented and worked on in the US.But like so many other things these days in the US,the people working on ETT could not get the money to go forward with it.Another loss for the US and a gain for China.Keep an eye on another HUGE first in the US for Solar Roadway.It too could be a life changing technology that I’ll bet the US will not act on.Some other Country will.Sad!

Google Solar Roadway

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:56:35 +0000

@Aaron: i’m not sure — here are the two earliest (most original) articles on the topic i could find: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-08/02/content_11083037.htm and http://english.eastday.com/e/100803/u1a5369373.html. i’ve also looked at several other sites,.. find nothing more than this

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:03:25 +0000

If anyone can pull this off it’s China, but as it is such a risky flagship, I cannot help but fear that it will go the way of the concord, with one single accident “derailing” the idea for decades.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:21:23 +0000

This is an awesome story. Which cities would this be connecting?

By: RB

RB — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:48:20 +0000

There is no maglev train operating in France, the author was thinking about Germany probably…

By: Jason G

Jason G — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:38:19 +0000

If China can have the world’s most advanced bullet train running in 3 years, why can’t the US even get medium speed rail in place in our major metropolitan areas in the same amount of time? China will own us due to our own inaction.

By: Rod

Rod — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:34:12 +0000

Now 1000 km/h is outrageous!! Maglev and vacuum would be both clean tech? The maglev for sure, but to create such vacuum tunnel will take lots of energy.

I am looking forward to the day that I can hop in a maglev train in Vancouver and get to San Francisco. Does North America even have any maglev trains?? It’s the way to go, no emissions, silent tech.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:49:38 +0000

While it may be something that is probably too expensive to get wide spread adoption… you have to admit, it’s going to be crazy awesome! After traveling on that train, you can safely say that you have traveled faster than 99.99% of everyone on the planet!

Much like NASA did, I think a project like could really inspire the next generation of engineers & scientists in China and around the world. That alone could make this project worth it.