An older train from Hangzhou to Shanghai:

(the goofy guy on the right is me, and the one on my left is my kid brother)

And here are some pix from a newer train from Shanghai to Hangzhou:

Not a flying saucer, but Shanghai South Station:

Inside Shanghai South:

Boarding the train:

Dining car:

Inside:

Then there is the Shanghai Maglev connecting Shanghai Pudong Airport with Longyang-lu station in the city:

The maglev "tracks":

Approaching...

Arriving...

Here is a really short and crummy video of the Shanghai Maglev Train pulling into Longyang-lu station (which I took to get to Pudong Airport):

Unfortunately, I did not start recording till the train was close, which does not give you an idea of how quiet it is.  (This video was actually taken on a different day than those pictures.)

The maglev can go up to 431 km/h, but it has never gone much faster than 300 km/h whenever I have ridden it (which makes sense, given the very short distance it goes between Longyang-lu Station and the airport:

Cynicism is intellectual treason.