GRAVITY TRAIN

In this entry I would like to share with you about the advancement of technology in our transportation system. The service efficiency includes the speed of the transport has become part of the consideration in choosing the mode of transportation to be used.

Shanghai Maglev Transportation Development Co. Ltd. had introduced Shanghai Maglev which is the fastest train in the world. Shanghai Maglev trains are moving by the magnetic field that exists between the train and track. The electromagnetic activity is able to pull the train to move at the maximum speed of 430 KM/H and finished a single 30KM trip within 8 minutes (Jil Mclntosh, 2015).

  

However, that is not fast enough. With the advance technology that we have, the world is now working toward the gravity trains which will be able to speed much faster that the magnetic train. This train will use the gravity power to move the train through the tunnel across the globe. 

This train will take only 42 minutes and 12 seconds to travel from one place to another and this traveling time is still the same to all destinations. For example, traveling from London to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to China, or Paris to Houston, will take the same traveling time that is 42 minutes and 12 seconds. The train will accelerate up to 18, 000 miles per hour to the center point of gravity and decelerate on the other site towards the destination. This will be the fastest commercial transportation ever. Below is the documentary video on the gravity train system by Discovery Channel.