| Video’s Geographic Location | Type Of Train System | Description & Video Link |
|---|---|---|
Between BJ & SH | Beijing-Shanghai Elevated High Speed Rail Line – China Countryside | China Elevated fast HMR Line Construction Midway between Beijing & Shanghai. The high-speed rail lobby in the U.S. keeps claiming that maglev is “way too expensive” to build. This is simply false information.Take a look at what is required to build a “true” high-speed rail line for speeds of 220 mph (357 km/h). This video clip clearly shows the massive amounts of concrete and steel needed for the track bed and catenary, indeed more materials are needed for “true” fast HMR than for high-speed maglev (HSM) infrastructure. Seeing is believing.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RGzRNbnIuc |
| Outside Shanghai On The Shanghai-Hangzhou High Speed Line | Several Elevated High Speed Rail Lines Between Shanghai and Nanjing | Think fast HMR is cheaper to build than HSM? Guess again.Take a look at the massive high-speed rail infrastructure between Shanghai Station (north) and Hongqiao Airport Station west of Shanghai.This video clip was taken from the new fast train to Hangzhou, which crawled and stopped several times between Shanghai station and Hongqiao Airport station because of the use of “shared tracks.” Indeed, this first 12-mile portion of the trip took 35 minutes. After reaching Hongqiao Airport station, we did reach 220 mph on two occasions on the 110 mile trip to Hangzhou, which took another 50 minutes. Total trip time: 1 hour and 25 minutes – thanks to shared tracks. 19-NOV-2010(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlRpUjZVB0I) |
| View From CHSR Train Running At 220 mph On Elevated High Speed Rail Line Between Shanghai and Hangzhou | 220 mph CHSR Elevated High Speed Rail Line Between Shanghai and Hangzhou | China elevated fast HMR Line between Shanghai and Hangzhou. This video clip documents the 220 mph (354 km/h) speed of the train and the view from the window at the traffic on the parallel highway. What this clip does not show is the beating such speeds have on the steel wheels and on the steel rails. China announced two successive slow downs of its rail system after the July 23, 2011 crash that occurred between the cities of Hangzhou and Wenzhou. The system’s speed was immediately lowered to 185 mph (300k/hr), and then lowered to 155 mph (250 k/hr) in late August of 2011. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvRFH0v8dd8) |
