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squizy Thinking about another dub...maybe

4,082 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#677850
Just had another week in China - 3 days Shanghai and 2 back in Beijing. Took the Maglev (Magnetic Levitation) train from outside Shanghai to the Airport. I reckon the pics speak for themselves.

Pretty continual acceleration, over a 4 minute period, and a 20 km trip over in 7 mins. Now if the state government could only look a few more years into the future, Canberra and Newcastle would be between 30-60 min trip into Sydney. Now that, would solve any population problems. I don't care how they fund it, and with regular services, would see them keep the price down.

Hmmm...now to awake someone with a vision.



Check the start time....


...and the time now.


I'll load up a video tomorrow.

LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#677854
infrastructure in Australia has to problems distance and population (tax base). Shanghai has about the same amount of people as ALL of Australia so these projects are effective for regular usage and ongoing maintenance. Would be nice though😁
Customer service is not dead in Australia.

Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#677860
yes its great i went on it in May 2006 n have similar pics

did u stick yr head aginst the window when the train was coming the other way

theres a BIG shock wave
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

squizy Thinking about another dub...maybe

4,082 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#677865
vw54 wrote:yes its great i went on it in May 2006 n have similar pics

did u stick yr head aginst the window when the train was coming the other way

theres a BIG shock wave
Yes Dave scared the crap out of me. It was like BANG, and it was past us.

grogy Custom Title Time!

1,000 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·

#677879
awesome, but definately not the senic route

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#677884
the other thing is we were on the bus going to the airport along that freeway which took about 50 minutes or so and i said to all the guys keep an eye out for the train we saw it go past twice while we were on the freeway

we told out tour guide to include it as part of the tour of Shanghai
but they couldnt understand why ( dumb shits )

did you go up the Jin Mao tower 88 stories
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

squizy Thinking about another dub...maybe

4,082 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#677885
vw54 wrote:did you go up the Jin Mao tower 88 stories
Unfortunately not. Too much to squeeze into 3 days and nights. Summit in the day, dinners at night. Managed two hours of shopping under the museum and that was it. It was also pretty smoggy, hazy, and drizzly, so visibility was crap.

The interesting part was getting accosted by prostitutes 5 times in the first 3 mins after exiting the hotel after landing.