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Chinese city plans 'super high-speed rail' for maglev trains with a top speed
of 500mph - that's almost as fast as PLANES

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   A major Chinese city has revealed its plan to build a 'super high-speed
   railway' to support bullet trains that are almost as fast as passenger
   planes.
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   Dreamliners, which cruise at 902 kilometres per hour (561 miles per
   hour) on average.
   China already has the world's largest and fastest high-speed railway
   network. Pictured is the prototype of Beijing's driverless bullet train
   (pictured) which was unveiled last December
   China already has the world's largest and fastest high-speed railway
   network. Pictured is the prototype of Beijing's driverless bullet train
   (pictured) which was unveiled last December

   China already has the world's largest and fastest high-speed railway
   network. Pictured is the prototype of Beijing's driverless bullet train
   (pictured) which was unveiled last December
   The 'super high-speed rail', proposed by the city of Chengdu, is likely
   to serve the Chengdu Eastern Train Station. The news was revealed at a
   high-level political meeting last week
   The 'super high-speed rail', proposed by the city of Chengdu, is likely
   to serve the Chengdu Eastern Train Station. The news was revealed at a
   high-level political meeting last week

   The 'super high-speed rail', proposed by the city of Chengdu, is likely
   to serve the Chengdu Eastern Train Station. The news was revealed at a
   high-level political meeting last week
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   some 30 million people.

   Officials said space for 'a new-type super high-speed railroad with
   hourly speed of 600 to 800 kilometres' had been reserved for a train
   station in eastern Chengdu, but did not give further details.
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   A train journey between the two metropolises currently takes an hour
   and a half or so via a 308-kilometre-long (191-mile-long) high-speed
   railway.

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   combined population of nearly 50 million (file photo)
   Chongqing (pictured) is now linked to Chengdu by a 308-kilometre-long
   high-speed railway
   Chongqing (pictured) is now linked to Chengdu by a 308-kilometre-long
   high-speed railway

   Chongqing (pictured) is now linked to Chengdu by a 308-kilometre-long
   high-speed railway
   The future railroad is expected to reduce the journey time between the
   two cities from one hour and a half to less than half an hour. The
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   In addition, researchers have started looking into creating a
   'high-speed flying train' that could reach speeds of 4,000 kilometres
   per hour (2,485 miles per hour), according to previous reports.

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   Chinese scientists have also been testing a prototype of an
   ultra-high-speed train that could potentially travel faster than a
   plane.

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   Professor Deng, dubbed 'the railman', told MailOnline: 'Super
   high-speed rail is an extension and supplement to China's current
   high-speed railways… It can fill the gap between high-speed trains and
   planes in terms of speed.'

   He added: 'We hope that in the future when people travel, apart from
   high-speed trains and planes, they would have one new option, such as
   our vacuum-tube maglev.'

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   (217 miles per hour).
   Chinese professor Deng Zigang (pictured) has been testing a prototype
   of an ultra-high-speed train that could potentially travel faster than
   a plane in China's Southwest Jiaotong University
   Chinese professor Deng Zigang (pictured) has been testing a prototype
   of an ultra-high-speed train that could potentially travel faster than
   a plane in China's Southwest Jiaotong University

   Chinese professor Deng Zigang (pictured) has been testing a prototype
   of an ultra-high-speed train that could potentially travel faster than
   a plane in China's Southwest Jiaotong University
   Professor Deng (centre), dubbed 'the railman', and his team have made a
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   an experimental track in 2016.

China has more than two-thirds of the world's high-speed railways

   Passengers board a 'Fuxing' high speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai
   high speed railway line before it leaves the Cangnan railway station on
   November 20, 2017
   Passengers board a 'Fuxing' high speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai
   high speed railway line before it leaves the Cangnan railway station on
   November 20, 2017

   Passengers board a 'Fuxing' high speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai
   high speed railway line before it leaves the Cangnan railway station on
   November 20, 2017

   China has the world's largest high-speed railway network,
   which measures a staggering 35,000 kilometres (21,747 miles) as of
   2019, according to China Central Television Station.
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   Nearly 30,000 kilometres (18,641 miles) of tracks, more than half of
   which are high-speed rail, were complete at a total cost of 3.9
   trillion yuan (£428 billion).

   The country's newest high-speed train model is 'Fuxing', or
   'Rejuvenation', which runs at a speed of 350 kilometres (217 miles) an
   hour.
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