Breakthrough for China’s high-speed maglev test vehicle

By Masood Sattar Khan
(Pakistan News & Features Services)

A prototype high-speed maglev test vehicle with a speed of 600 km/h successfully ran in Shanghai on June 21.

Developed by CRCC Qingdao Sifang Co, it successfully ran on the test line at Tongji University in Shanghai, an important breakthrough in China's high-speed maglev research and development. Production of the prototype system is expected to begin at the end of 2020.

The system will provide full high-speed maglev technology and engineering capability, bridging the gap between high-speed rail and air transportation, and meeting the travel needs of different groups.

The project is being managed by the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC), with CRCC Qingdao Sifang Co responsible for the technology. More than 30 enterprises, colleges and universities besides scientific institutes have been involved in the research, which has seen a collaboration of domestic resources in the high-speed rail and maglev fields.

The ultimate aim is to master high-speed maglev core technology and develop the independent intellectual property rights for a 600 km/h hour high-speed maglev engineering system, eventually industrializing the technology.

The successful trial run marked a step forward from static to dynamic operation, obtained a large amount of key data and proved the key performance of the high-speed maglev system, providing technical support for the development and optimization of the follow-up high-speed maglev project test vehicle.

Since the launch of the project in July 2016, the research team has made numerous breakthroughs in key core technologies and successfully developed a test vehicle.

High-speed maglev fills the gap between high-speed rail and air transportation, and it can form a more logical, efficient, flexible and convenient multi-dimensional transportation architecture for aviation, high-speed rail, high-speed maglev and urban traffic speed gradients.

This architecture can meet the travel needs of different groups, analysts said. The news went viral as many netizens applauded this new breakthrough in the railway industry. Others, however, welcomed the news but remained skeptical about its possible high costs for construction and maintenance.

Comments

Corona field facility at Karachi Expo Centre may admit patients now

By Mukhtar Alam (Pakistan News & Features Services) The 1,200-bed field isolation centre at the Karachi Expo Centre, on April 6, will open its doors for new COVID-19 infected patients of Karachi and other parts of Sindh who will be referred to it by designated tertiary care hospitals, as the diseases infected another 51 people in six districts of Sindh on April 5. A source in the provincial health department informed PNFS that authorities have decided not to overburden the designated tertiary care health facilities in terms of corona cases further. The hospitals have now been asked to admit only new severely ill COVID-19 patients or those seeking intensive cares, while the rest will present at the newly established Expo Centre isolation facility, where the Sindh health department has deployed its doctors, paramedics and other human resources, the source added. Through a letter of the health department, all the district health officers of Karachi division have been asked ...

Ambassador explains Chinese role in curbing COVID-19

By Masood Sattar Khan (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Yao Jing, attended the preparation and response plan of the new crown epidemic on April 24. According to the details shared by the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad, Ambassador Yao Jing was invited to attend the Pakistan New Crown Outbreak Preparation and Response Plan (PPRP) on video conference. The meeting, organized by the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was also attended by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister of Economic Affairs, Khasro Bakhtiar, Prime Minister’s Health Adviser Dr Zafar Mirza, Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority, General Muhammad Afzal, WHO Director-General, Tan Desai besides the representatives of World Bank, United Nations, UNICEF, UNHCR, Asian Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank and envoys from more than 20 countries. Besides China, envoys from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, the European Unio...

Khumar Farooqui passes away

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Noted poet and writer, Masroor Alam Farooqui, famously known as Khumar Farooqui, passed away in Karachi after a brief illness. He was 71. He has left behind a widow, two sons and two daughters besides grandsons and granddaughters to mourn his death. Khumar Farooqui was born at Agra, British India, in 1942. Upon migration to Pakistan, he did his MA and LL.B from Rawalpindi. He joined government service at the Federal Bureau of Statistics from where he retired as the Chief Statistical Officer. A born poet, Khumar Farooqui joined the Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET), Karachi, as a consultant and worked in its Literary and Cultural Forum headed by Late Brig (Rtd) Qamarussalam after whose death he became the convener of the forum. He used to attend mushairas at national and international levels. His poetry ...

Shehri Tv

Search This Blog