Looks very much like riding BART in San Francisco/Oakland/Frement/
Livermore.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/03/31/video_riding_shanghai_s_187_mph_maglev/
VIDEO - Riding Shanghai's 187 Mph Maglev
Humphrey Cheung
March 31, 2008 09:26
Shanghai (China) - We've just landed at Shanghai's Pudong
International Air****t and of course we just had to try the insanely
fast Maglev train into town. The ride was fairly short and it was a
pain to lug our luggage through the station and onto the trains, but
the insanely fast 187 MPH ride didn't disappoint.
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Video of our ride on the Shanghai Maglev train
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Riding on magnets, the train "levitates" approximately 8 to 12 mm
above the track. This makes the train relatively quiet even while
blazing towards town at 301 km/hour (187 MPH). The train can reach a
top speed of 268 MPH, but on our trip it stayed at 187 MPH.
It certainly is impressive to see the buildings and countryside streak
past your window, but the "oh my god" moment came when we passed an
oncoming train that was presumably also going 301 km/hour. Thankfully
our cameras were rolling to capture the moment.
While you would think taking the Maglev would save you oodles of time,
it really doesn't. First you have to lug your luggage through the
air****t to the train station. You won't be able to bring the trolley
through the gates and you'll also have to spend time putting your bags
through an x-ray machine. Then you have to wait for the passengers to
board and the train to leave.
And it doesn't end there because the train actually doesn't take you
all the way into the heart of the city. Instead it drops you off at
Longyang Metro station and you'll have to catch a taxi from there. In
the end, total trip time with the Maglev may be a few minutes shorter
than a taxi ride, but it's something you have to try once.
