Re: Transrapid Maglev

David Bennetts (davibenn@pcug.org.au)
24 Apr 98 02:10:43 GMT

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Chris Stratton <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au> wrote in article
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> The Transrapid Maglev is getting promoted heavily in the local media as
they
> believe it will provide a large number of jobs for Wollongong. There is
even
>
>I believe the Transrapid uses about twice as much power as its
competitors, a lot of it is required to do the 'levitation'. It also costs
about twice as much as Speedrail, seems to be dependent on single track for
much of its length, and is of a technology that has not yet been proven.
The cost blowouts in the line under construction in Germany are quite
significant. We should be careful about this proposal!

David Bennetts
Canberra

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