China on Thursday rolled off the production line a prototype magnetic-levitation¹ train with a designed top speed of 600 km per hour in the eastern city of Qingdao.

 

本周四，一列最高设计时速600公里/小时的磁悬浮列车原型在青岛驶下生产线。
 

 

The debut² of China's first high-speed maglev³ train testing prototype marks a major breakthrough for the country in the high-speed maglev transit⁴ system.

 

The testing prototype can check and optimize⁵ the key technologies and core system components⁶ of the high-speed maglev system and lay a technological⁷ basis for the forthcoming engineering prototype, said Ding Sansan, head of the train's research and development team and deputy chief engineer of CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., the train builder.

 

"Now the prototype has achieved static levitation and is in good condition," Ding said.

 

The train builder is currently building an experimental center and a trial production center for the high-speed maglev trains and expected to put them into operation in the second half of the year, he said.

 

The research and development of a five-carriage engineering prototype are going smoothly⁸.

 

The engineering prototype is scheduled to roll off the production line in 2020 and go through comprehensive tests to finish integrated verification in 2021.

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