Editing Transport in China (section)

===Maglev===
{{Main|Maglev}}
China also has the world's first commercial high-speed maglev (magnetic levitation) service, [[Shanghai Maglev Train]] (the first maglev service opened at Birmingham International Airport, United Kingdom, in 1984; however, it was not high-speed). The Chinese project, a Sino-German joint venture, was a 38-km-long route between downtown [[Shanghai]] and the [[Pudong airport]] that opened in 2003. The project cost US$1.2 billion.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1122916,00.html| title = Probably the world's fastest train| newspaper = The Guardian| date = 15 January 2004| last1 = Dodson| first1 = Sean}}</ref> Low speed commuter maglevs using ingenious technology have opened in Changsha ([[Changsha Maglev]]) and Beijing ([[Line S1, Beijing Subway]]).

In January 2021 a prototype for a new high-speed maglev train capable of {{convert|620|kph|mph|abbr=on}} was unveiled. Developed by [[Southwest Jiaotong University]] near Chengdu, Professor He Chuan, vice president of the university, told reporters that the train is scheduled to be operational within 3–10 years.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Marcus|first=Lilit|date=18 January 2021|title=China debuts train prototype that can hit speeds of 620 kilometers per hour|url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/china-high-speed-maglev-train-intl-hnk/index.html}}</ref> In July 2021 the [[CRRC]] unveiled a four-car {{convert|600|kph|mph|abbr=on}} maglev train.<ref>{{cite news |title=China unveils new 600 km/h ultra-fast maglev train |url=https://newatlas.com/transport/china-fastest-maglev-train/ |access-date=21 July 2021 |publisher=New Atlas |date=21 July 2021}}</ref> Long test tracks are being developed to test the vehicles.