A maglev rail line between Shanghai and Hangzhou is in the works, according to sources from the Zhejiang Provincial Government. The expensive project, set to be submitted for approval later this year, is expected to be completed by 2008. The distance between the two cities in the developed Yangtze delta area is 180 km and the route"s estimated travel time is 27-38 minutes (the express train now takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes to do the run).
Shanghai has already constructed China"s first maglev line from Pudong Airport to the downtown area at an average cost of 300 million yuan per kilometer.
