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Comment (Shanghai is planning to build a low-speed Maglev train-manufacturing factory in suburban Nanhui District.
The trains are expected to serve the urban railway transport system, city officials revealed yesterday.
The factory, which will cover an area of 230,000 square meters, is designed to generate 60 Maglevs and 300 levitation frames each year.
Each train will have a maximum speed of about 100 kilometers per hour, compared with the Maglev that runs between Longyang Road and Pudong International Airport and hits 430kmh.
Xu Jianguo, president of the Shanghai Electric Co Ltd, the train manufacturer, said the lower-speed models will be quieter and more eco-friendly.
Preliminary scientific research has been completed and the firm will start construction of the train and frame-production plant with a fixed-asset investment of 310 million yuan (US$42 million).
The information came after the Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People's Politic...
