The high-speed MAGLEV system in Shanghai is the first commercial application of the Transrapid technology. This line connects the new Shanghai International Airport in Pudong with the Long Yang Road metro station in the financial district of Shanghai. The ground-breaking ceremony for this project took place in March 2001. After a very short construction phase, the commercial operation of the MAGLEV line in Shanghai already started on December 29, 2003. This double track line has a length of about 32 km (approx. 19 miles). For this distance the MAGLEV train only needs about eight minutes and is running every 10 minutes at a maximum cruising speed of 431 km/h. For test runs, the train can reach even more then 500 km/h on this “short” track.

For this project TELEFUNKEN RACOMS developed, designed and integrated a new broadband radio system for the data links to the MAGLEV trains. The mmW data link is used for the entire operational communication to control the trains from an operation center. The very high system availability of 99.9995% enables to run this high speed trains in a driverless (UTO) operation. We are proud to say, that since the start of its commercial operation the MAGLEV line in Shanghai has been in normal daily operation without any failures or problems caused by the TRainCom^® radio system.


Some technical data about the Shanghai project:

• Maximum velocity: 431 km/h (max. 501 km/h)
• Track length: 32 km (double track)
• Trains: 3 Units
• Operation: Driverless (ATO)
• Radio base stations: 60 Masts
• Frequency range: 38 GHz
• Radio data rate: 4 Mbps (full duplex)
• Number of data services: 6 Services (simultaneously)
• System availability: 99.9995%