Operating times on Shanghai's maglev line have been extended 45
minutes a day to let more travelers get to and from Pudong
International Airport on the train, Shanghai Morning Post
reported today.
Trains will now run from 6:45 am until 9:30 pm every day. They
previously operated from 7 am to 9 pm.
More than 80 percent of maglev passengers are travelers going to
and from the airport rather than people just experiencing the
train.
The maglev carried about 40,000 people in the first three days
this month, 30 percent more than in the same time last year, the
report quoted the city's traffic department as saying.
The maglev reaches a maximum speed of 431 kilometers an hour on
the 30 kilometers between the Pudong airport and the Longyang Road
Metro Station. The city plans to extend the line to Hongqiao
International Airport according to a previous report.
(Shanghai Daily January 4, 2008)