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Test runs of the first-ever sky railway car hit the rails on Monday in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan Province. With a panda's face painted on its head, the hanging train will run on a 1.4 kilometer-long suspended railway for 90 days before being released to the market. Engineers said these trials will be crucial for the future development of this new form of rail transportation. "This trial operation is key to creating a new rail traffic standard. We will test and improve the system parameters during the trial and draw up a technical standard for this type of rail transportation before releasing it to the market," said Zhai Wanming, chief designer of the sky railway car. The hanging train, which can carry up to 200 people at a time, runs at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour. It runs on lithium-ion batteries, which Zhai said is less harmful to the environment than traditional energy sources. "The train is free from the traditional system of high-tension power transmission and transformation. It runs along the closed track on a lifted box girder and thus will not be troubled by problems such as derailment. It will never crash into barriers as the cars are running on the special railway. So we could say it is a very safe mean of transportation," he said. The first commercial sky railway service is expected to roll out within a year, according to Zhongtang Sky Train Group, the company that initiated and invested in the project. "The first demonstration line for the sky train will be built in Chengdu city center or Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in about half a year. The construction of a line is expected to take about six to eight months," said Tang Tong, chairman of Zhongtang Sky Train Group. More on: http://www.cctvplus.com/news/20161123/8037168.shtml#!language=1 Subscribe us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CCTVPlus CCTV+ official website: http://www.cctvplus.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cctv-news-content Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewsContent.CCTVPLUS Twitter: https://twitter.com/CCTV_Plus