Chapter 620 Two years have passed and the world has been turned upside down
The main reason why the vacuum tube maglev train can enter trial operation so quickly is that Xinghai Group has been leading the world's technological development over the years, and its scientific research achievements are highly recognized at home and abroad.
As long as it passes the trial run review and the strong background of Xinghai Group, it is normal to enter trial operation.
If it were a company, it would not be possible so quickly, and it might just go bankrupt.
The first train during trial operation is scheduled at 11 o'clock in the morning, and there are 6 trains in one direction that day.
Xinghai Group’s hyper-high-speed train is named “SHRH-4000” (Xinghai Group Railway High-speed Railer High-speed, operating speed 4,000 kilometers).
The maximum test speed can reach 4,500 kilometers per hour, but the designed operating speed is 4,000 kilometers per hour.
The initial operating speed is set at 2,000 kilometers per hour. After this speed is stable and safe, the operating speed will be gradually increased.
No matter what, the operating speed of 2,000 kilometers is one or two times faster than the cruising speed of a civil aircraft, not to mention that it doesn’t have the hassle of traveling to the airport.
A group of 10 trains can carry up to 1,500 people.
The body is streamlined, silver runs through the entire car, and the overall body is like a white dragon. The iconic "XH" LOGO is very technological.
The fare is set at 180 yuan, which is one yuan per kilometer. It is more expensive than first-class train seats, but cheaper than business class seats.
This pricing is also destined to have few passengers in some economically underdeveloped areas. Currently, only a few first-tier cities are planning to invest in vacuum tube maglev train projects.
In order to experience the vacuum tube maglev train, many passengers bought tickets, preferring to spend more money to experience it and arrive in Shanghai in a few minutes.
More than half of the tickets were sold to the media. When pre-sales were opened a few days ago, they were sold out in less than three seconds.
Time passed quickly, and at 10:50 in the morning, passengers lined up to scan their faces or ID cards to enter the station. The luggage weight per person was required not to exceed 30KG. Other regulations were similar to those for flying.
Hyperloop stations are more technological than high-speed rail stations, with various types of intelligent robots in the stations.
Passengers will receive information prompts after entering the station. From their mobile phones, they can see how far they are from the entrance, how to get there, and be reminded to arrive as soon as possible.
Some passengers easily forget the time. If the station system detects that you are far from the station entrance and there is not much time, the station system will remind passengers and even have intelligent robots come up to guide the way.
When passengers see a large number of robots in the workshop, they feel like they have entered a new world.
Service personnel are also arranged, but they are only for auxiliary purposes and for the purpose of arranging employment. In fact, it is possible to do without service personnel.
On the screen on the train, there is also real-time information such as the number of people entering the train and the departure time.
At 11 o'clock sharp, the train doors closed, and the number of passengers was displayed on the screen as 1,500. Every passenger was reminded again to wear a seat belt.
If you fail to fasten your seat belt as required and delay driving, you will be expelled from the station. If this happens a second time, you will be permanently barred from riding the vacuum tube maglev train.
Passengers should quickly remember this strict rule, put their luggage away as soon as they get on the bus, and fasten their seat belts immediately.
The train enters a closed space, opens the vacuum system, and extracts air.
The air is extracted very quickly, and it only takes a minute or two to reach the required level. It is then connected to the vacuum pipe, and the outer door is closed after the train enters the vacuum pipe.
"The train starts to accelerate, please passengers do not open their seat belts!
Smoking is prohibited on this train, and dangerous goods are prohibited..."
The train announcer's voice rang three times in the train, and passengers quickly remembered it.
After the train starts, passengers can hear a slight sound. If they didn't feel a push on their backs and the real-time speed on the screen rises rapidly, they would not know that the train has started.
"Wow, it's accelerating so fast, it's already three hundred!"
"The speed is 500 an hour!"
After a while, the speed officially exceeded 1,000, 1,500, and 2,000 per hour.
When it reached two thousand, the speed stabilized, and media reporters captured this shocking number with their cameras.
The vacuum tube magnetic levitation track is straight and the speed is very stable.
Passengers had just sat on the train for a few minutes, but before the seats were warm, the train announcement sounded: "Passengers, please note that Shencheng Station will arrive in two minutes. Please be careful to carry your carry-on luggage."
"Wow, this is so fast, just as long as it takes to pee."
"It feels like I only took the subway for two or three stops, and now I'm in Shanghai. From now on, it will be faster to travel between the two places, but the fare is a bit high."
"I was still thinking about whether I should take a break, but the water I bought arrived before I opened it. I was used to thinking that I was riding a train."
Passengers talked a lot because if they didn't look at the screen, they couldn't see the scenery outside the train at all.
A minute or two later, the train arrived at the station.
But passengers still have to wait for the train to come out of the vacuum tube, which also takes a minute or two.
"Hey, the train has arrived and the train door has opened. Passengers please take your luggage and leave the train."
A few minutes later, the SHRH-4000 hyperloop departed from Shanghai to H City.
Nowadays, the smart city in H City is a hot tourist attraction and has been rated as a 5A attraction. If you want to experience a sci-fi city, go to the smart city.
Now that the hyperspeed rail between Shanghai and H City has been opened, traveling between the two places is very convenient.
Near the two stations, the local government has built thousands of parking spaces. People can drive to the station, park their cars, and then take the hyperloop.
The parking fee is 5 yuan per hour, with a 24-hour cap of 50 yuan. This price is not high for the local cities. You must know that many parking lots in these two cities charge more than 15 yuan per hour, and there is no cap, which is affordable for ordinary people.
Can't afford the expense.
On that day, the SHRH-4000 Hyperloop ran 6 times.
The next day, the number of trains will be increased to 10 in one direction. If there are many passengers, the number of trains will continue to be increased in the future, with one train every half an hour.
Ten days later, the number of one-way trains per day reached 20. There were very many passengers traveling between the two places. Most of them were not traveling between the two places, but mainly to experience the hyperloop.
With the opening of the hyperloop, many people have given up driving and opted for the hyperloop. They can come back after doing errands on the same day, which is no different from visiting a local shopping mall.
The hyper-high-speed rail is operating smoothly, and Shanghai, Jincheng, and the imperial government are discussing the construction of a cross-city hyper-high-speed rail between the two places.
Three stopover stations are set up in Ningcheng, Jicheng and Jincheng.
If we plan the vacuum tube maglev track between the Imperial Capital and Shanghai, the mileage is about 1,300 kilometers, each stop will take about 2 minutes to stop, and each time the vacuum will take about 2 minutes, that is, one stop will need to stay for about 6 minutes, and 3
The stopover time is 18 minutes.
In other words, the ride time from Shencheng to the Imperial Capital is about 1 hour.
In the future, the speed will be increased to more than 3,000 kilometers per hour, and the ride time will be controlled to about 40 minutes.
As long as the vacuum tube maglev train is connected, the entire country can realize a one-hour urban economic circle.
During this period, the media was full of reports about the vacuum tube maglev train, and many foreigners planned to come to Hua to experience it.
The last phase of the smart city will be completed in a few months, and a condition for Mu Yangsheng system level 8 will be completed.
star and moon base,
Two years later, there are already 200 staff stationed above to carry out scientific research work. The underground base has been expanded to an area of more than 30,000 square meters, with a construction area of nearly 100,000 square meters, and it has been expanding.
The AG mineral belt is still under development, with a total of 60,000 units of AG metal developed.
Xinghai Group's second space plane has been put into use. It uses a large amount of graphene and is inlaid with a lot of AG metal. Its load capacity is several times that of Kongtian 1, and it is called "Kongtian 2".
After Kongtian-2 was exposed, countries became numb to Xinghai Group’s aerospace research and development capabilities.
They were very curious about how such a big thing, with a length of more than 130 meters, a wingspan of 70 meters, and a height of 20 to 30 meters, could fly with just three engines.
Could it be that Xinghai Group has made a major breakthrough in its engine technology?
Of course, Xinghai Group responded “no comment” to these questions.
Even from the relevant department personnel, Mu Yang did not respond, saying that now was not the time.
If he didn't say it, the relevant department personnel would have nothing to do with Mu Yang. There was no way, this was the secret of his company, and Mu Yang's wings were too hard.
The Star Ring Space Station has received more than a hundred domestic and foreign tourists, but the Star and Moon Base will not receive tourists for the time being.
The discovery of AG metal caused Mu Yang to temporarily cancel the moon tour, and even the aerospace plane planned to be handed over to the relevant departments was delayed.
He has also been to the moon. Landing on the moon is much more convenient now than two years ago. He does not need to stop at the Halo Space Station and can go directly to the moon.
The underground base has a plant base with a construction area of 10,000 square meters. This is a completely enclosed space. Now scientific researchers can achieve self-sufficiency in growing vegetables on the moon, but the quality is still worse than on earth.
Xingyue Base has realized the ecological cycle. Energy comes from solar energy and oxygen comes from plant greenhouses. Some oxygen still needs to be separated from water.
Now Mu Yang has not been able to solve the problem of gravity. Humans will still suffer from muscle atrophy if they live on the space station and the moon for a long time, and they must return to Earth for a period of time to adapt.
In the past two years, the total number of employees of Xinghai Group has not expanded as rapidly as in previous years, and the focus has been on lunar development.
Mu Yang's scientific research focus is on controllable nuclear fusion. Only by mastering this technology can we ensure that the spacecraft will not lack energy for interstellar travel for several years.
Mu Yang placed the Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research Institute near the desert base. This was declared to the country and approved. This thing cannot be done without declaration. Some things require national support. If it is exposed, it will be an international incident.
When he applied for a controllable nuclear fusion research base, he frightened the relevant department personnel.
Controllable nuclear fusion has always been an elusive technology that only exists in fantasy.
Muyang's level 7 reading system does not have controllable nuclear fusion technology. We can only hope that the reading system can purchase this technology when it is upgraded to level 8.
Upgrading to level 8 is not far away and is expected to be available at any time in the next few months.
Chapter completed!