Long Lines Not So Practical in China while Small and Medium Sized Lines Favored

Maglev railroads in China large-scaled long lines Zhujiang River Delta 'Grand Beijing' area Yangtze River Delta

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Vol. 15 No. 3 (2003)
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Maglev railroads have taken actual steps in China sincethe cooperation work between Germany and China, whichbrings more prospects to this technology. However, due to variousreasons, large-scaled long lines seem to be not so practicalat present in China, while the small and medium space scaledlines may be the initial alternatives with the booming ofthree super-metropolis groups in China, namely, the ZhujiangRiver Delta, the 'Grand Beijing' area and the Yangtze RiverDelta.