Dalian plans to build a magnetic levitation (maglev) train test line later this year, which would be the first commercial domestic-made maglev train in China, the China Daily reported. With a top speed of 218 kilometres per hour and an optimum speed of 140 kilometres per hour, making it suitable for metropolitan services, the Dalian maglev will be slower and smaller than the one in Shanghai. With core technologies developed by a permanent magnetic levitation team, a newly-invented magnetic engine will drive the train on a 3-kilometre-long railway to be built in the city's development zone, said the paper, quoted Li Lingqun, chief engineer of the team. Different from electromagnetic suspension and superconducting magnet technology as used in Germany and Japan, the Dalian maglev will use the newer permanent magnet (permagnet) mechanism. Li added that they are seeking counterparts for a high-speed test line in another part of the country.