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XIONG Jia-yang, SHEN Zhi-yun, CHI Mao-ru, WU Xing-wen, LIANG Shu-lin. Review on high-speed maglev train technology[J]. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 2025, 25(2): 1-23. doi: 10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2025.02.001
Citation: XIONG Jia-yang, SHEN Zhi-yun, CHI Mao-ru, WU Xing-wen, LIANG Shu-lin. Review on high-speed maglev train technology[J]. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 2025, 25(2): 1-23. doi: 10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2025.02.001

Review on high-speed maglev train technology

doi: 10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2025.02.001
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Regional Joint Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China U21A20168

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  • Corresponding author: SHEN Zhi-yun (1929-), male, professor, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, zyshen@swjtu.edu.cn.
  • Received Date: 2024-08-05
  • Publish Date: 2025-04-28
  • From the perspective of high-speed maglev technology development, the basic principles and technical characteristics of four types of high-speed maglev trains, including conventional electromagnetic suspension (EMS), superconducting electrodynamic suspension (EDS), high-temperature superconducting (HTS) maglev (pinned maglev), and permanent magnet electrodynamic suspension (Hyperloop) were summarized. The advantages and disadvantages of the technical schemes of the four high-speed maglev trains were compared from safety performance, operating speed, operation and maintenance, and application prospects. Research results suggest that high-speed maglev transportation in China should be developed under the leadership and overall planning of the government. Based on the experience of conventional EMS train research and development, the key technologies of superconducting EDS, HTS maglev, and vacuum pipeline high-speed maglev should be included in the national science and technology development plan to build pilot bases and test lines in an orderly manner so that a comprehensive system for the research, test, standard, and product in maglev transportation can be constructed in China. Given the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the strategic opportunities for developing high-speed maglev transportation should be grasped. The science and technology development principles and the innovation and development process of large engineering projects should be followed based on existing research foundations to promote technological progress. The research progress of the four high-speed maglev trains should be arranged gradually and differently according to their different maturity levels to keep China's leading position in high-speed and ultra-high-speed transportation and to contribute to the strategy of a country with great transportation strength.

     

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