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Shanghai’s Lightning Train Comes to a Stop

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May 29, 2007
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On May 26, the Shanghai government announced that construction of the Maglev route between Shanghai and Hangzhou had been suspended following public protests along the route due to fear of radiation from the trains. Maglev trains use electromagnetic force to suspend, guide and pull them along tracks they do not actually touch.

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