Re: Speed Rail V Maglev

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

Tezza (tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au) wrote:
> Mr Kremmer....... said he was hoping to arrange for the "Mag-lev Consortium" to talk to council about the benefits of trains powered
> by magnetic levitation. "Shanghai has now put in its first magnetic levitation high-speed train," .......

Since when? AFAIK they're still just talking about it.

Birmingham Airport's maglev closed after 11 years because it was expensive
and unreliable.

> "Wheel-on-steel trains have reached the end of their development.

What rot! Alstom has plans for 320km/h tilting TGVS, 360km/h non-tilting
and even 400km/h TGVs. A TGV reached 515km/h back in 1989, a speed which
the German maglev has yet to reach. The practical upper limit of TGV
development is 600km/h, which is where they max out on rollers.

Cheers
David