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I believe they have gaps and the original design had safety stops, breaks, and wheeled propulsion to get you to safety
by easytiger 9y ago
I believe they have gaps and the original design had safety stops, breaks, and wheeled propulsion to get you to safety
- kuschku 9y agoThe issue is the required gap to slow down from those speeds. You might want to take a look at the train crash in Emden at the Transrapid facility. A maglev train crashed into a maintenance vehicle at a speed of 500km/h because it takes too long to slow down. The required gaps to operate a maglev system efficiently would end up with one capsule every 10 seconds - which means it can carry less passengers than a lane of highway. The only way to get more capacity is by running actual trains.