Taking the Maglev to Airport

After having seen the awesome scale of the Transiberian, and the engineer feat and beauty of the Quinghai railroad to Tibet, we now boarded the fastest train in the world, the Shanghai Airport Maglev shuttle. Don’t get me wrong, this trip is not some kind of train spotter’s paradise, but these are some of the great manmade achievements in the world. The Maglev – Magnetic Levitation Train, has no wheels, it does not really have rails, rather there are magnets that when set to the same polarity make the train levitate. This frictionless environment allows super duper speeds of up to 400km/h. That is quick; trust me it is the closest thing to flying on land that you can get. The technology is so expensive that this is the only track in the world that is fully running, but typically the Chinese want to build a track that runs from Shanghai to Beijing, the train would take about 1-2hours to make the journey, that is overnight right now.





8mins to lug our bags from the hostel to the metro stop, 8 minutes to travel at 370km/h and get to the airport to board our flight. Time is so relative isn’t it!!