Will the train travel at 1000 km/h? The first tests were successful

As reported by the South China Morning Post The first tests of the new Chinese train have ended. The necessary technological analyzes consisted of three tests conducted at a superconducting test line in Datong, Shanxi Province, China. The new generation of trains is to transport people and goods at a speed of 1000 km / h or larger if a special tube is used, in which conditions similar to a vacuum prevail.

The facility where the tests are conducted Maglev train It was built by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC). Unfortunately, as experts point out, the length of the tube available for testing is only two kilometers. However, there are plans to extend it to 60 km in the next few years.

China currently has the largest high-speed railway network in the world. The total length of these lines is about 42,000 km. The Chinese government wants to increase the maximum speed of all trains to 400 km/h within the next two years.

It should be noted that in October 2022, researchers from North China University successfully completed a test of a railway system similar to hyperloopwhich operated the machine in a low vacuum environment inside the tube.

The test line in Datong has already distinguished itself, this is how The first company in the world to achieve the “complete integrated process” of the Hyperloop systemWhen the train was traveling at a speed of 130 km / h. After this success, the engineers set about constructing the previously mentioned full-size test track of 60 km in length – to ensure that trains moving at 1000 km/h could be tested.

This train belongs to magnetic rail. Machines of this type hover about 10 cm above the track, so that the car does not come into contact with the tracks. The train uses sets of electromagnets that are used to push and/or pull the car against the track. Maglev (Magnetic levitation) is an electrodynamic levitation (EDS) technology, which relates to levitation by repulsion or relies on permanent magnets.

hyperloop It is a new mode of transport in which the capsule (or train) moves in a special tube at low pressure – up to 1 percent. Atmospheric pressure. This would reduce air resistance, which in turn could allow the speed of sound to be reached.