Re: Speed Rail V Maglev

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

Hey, he's a local town mayor, what would he know. Probably just trying to big note himself.

"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