Glass-bottomed panda train debuts in China
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The Chinese city of Chengdu recently debuted its new Zhongtang Air Railway, a sky train with a "glass" bottom riders can see through.
(CNN) — Chengdu is famous for being the home of China's panda breeding program, so it seems only fitting that the southwestern city should have a panda train to welcome international tourists when they return. On June 26, the capital of Sichuan province debuted the Zhongtang Air Railway, a sky train with a "glass" bottom riders can see through. It has 270-degree visibility as the top is not transparent. Travelers who look at the train head-on will notice that it is painted to resemble a panda. The Dayi Air Rail Project is the world's first new energy tourism air rail test line (translation: an aerial suspended rail train using lithium battery power packs as traction power), is about 11.5 kilometers (about 7 miles) in length.More Related News