Beijing May 23 (IANS) China will develop a prototype middle-to-low-speed magnetic-levitation train with a speed of 200km/hour by 2021 its developers said Wednesday.
According to CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co. Ltd. a review committee has approved a plan for developing the maglev train and support facilities Xinhua reported.
Design and construction will begin immediately said Zhou Qinghe chairman of the company.
A sample carriage will be built in 2019 and test runs are expected to be completed by 2021.
RRC Zhuzhou has built 100km/h maglev trains that have been running in China s central province of Hunan for two years.

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