Shanghai Airport Maglev Monorail a Real Trip

Like many people, I get frustrated when I travel to a new destination and face a long ride from the airport to the city center. I’ve faced this aggravation on more than one travel trip, but not when I travel to Shanghai.

When I land at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport I take a high-speed ride on the Maglev train, the world’s first commercial magnetic levitation line. Reaching speeds of 267 mph, the Maglev train connects the airport with the Longyang Road Metro Station almost 19 miles away in only eight minutes.

I’m probably not the only passenger flipping my attention between the blurry landscape outside the window and the speedometer display as the numbers climb ever higher before topping out at almost 270 mph. 

It’s fast, kinda fun and sure beats riding a city bus.