That reminds me there was actually a maglev train wreck in the news last
month that killed 23. It said the (deceased) train driver was partly
at fault for not hitting the brakes before running into a forgotten
maintenance vehicle left on the tracks.
What sort of brakes do these trains have?
- Tom
see: <http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-10-04-maglev-train-crash_x.htm?POE=TECISVA>
As long as it was brought up, there's a commercial mag-lev system from Shanghai's Pudong airport to the Longyang Road metro station. It has been operating for almost three years. The trip takes about seven minutes at a top speed of about 270 MPH (during a test it went about 313 MPH) and costs about $5 for ticketed air passengers. The same trip by road took me about 45 minutes in the middle of the night with no traffic. I note that in "An Inconvenient Truth" Al Gore is shown making the trip in a chauffered limo rather than on the train.
The line is being extended to the Shanghai South railway station, the Expo 2010 site, and the Hongqiao airport.
TTFN, Mark
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