Right, so as most of you know by now- my mega travels this summer included a whistlestop tour of China. Within that, I stayed in Shanghai. Within that I decided I had to go on the MagLev train. Mostly because I'm a closet physics geek but also because I remember A-level physics lessons being livened up by discussion of superconducters and electromagnetism. Which lead us nicely onto how you could harness this phenomenon:
Magnetically powered trains. With little resistance from friction as they 'levitate' above the rail. Awesome!!! What's not to love?
So, of course I had to go on this train, and so I did. For your viewing pleasure I took a short video of what it feels like to travel at 431 km per hour. It's fast. I think the 28 km journey was done in 4 minutes approximately.
Anyway: Yes! I want to see a super fast train journey!