Two years ago on July 20, a maglev train with a designed speed of 600 km per hour—the fastest land vehicle available globally—rolled off the production line and made its public debut in the coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong Province.
The achievement raises the bar for China’s railway manufacturing industry, according to China Railway Rolling Stock Corp. (CRRC), the country’s largest railway vehicle manufacturer.
The Qingdao-based CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the CRRC and the developer of the maglev train, has also been playing a part in the design and manufacturing of the high-speed electric passenger trains to be used in the
