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I think they're referring to the Transrapid, which essentially got scrapped. The only non-test track ever built is in Shanghai.

by ginko 5y ago

sudosysgen 5y ago
No, this is a completely new design. The ultimate goal is for rail transport to be faster than air transport and build it to connect Shanghai and Beijing. Transrapid was never going to be built on a large scale, it wasn't a domestic design and it wasn't fast enough to be a real alternative to air transport. Perhaps this iteration even won't be, but eventually there will almost certainly be such a line built - the need is too great.
- ginko 5y ago
  I was referring to the one Germany was working on. I know that the 600 kph train presented in this article isn't a Transrapid.
  - sudosysgen 5y ago
    Ah ok sorry, because the previous maglev train in China is also a Transrapid :P
- rob74 5y ago
  Completely new? If you look at how Transrapid trains "hug" the rail from both above and below (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrapid#/media/File:Transrapid_07_Muenchen_Airport_Center.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrapid#/media/File:Transra...), the train in the picture is doing exactly the same. So I would be a bit skeptical about such claims...
  - sudosysgen 5y ago
    That is indeed the basic design of a maglev train. If you look closely, you will see that almost every maglev train "hugs" the tracks from above and below. This is necessary to prevent the train from derailing and everyone on board from dying. Some use different means of not derailling but surrounding the rail is the simplest.
    - rob74 5y ago
      Not any maglev train. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev, there are three different types, and even the EMS type can have some variation ("single beam" or "double beam": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HSST-Double-Beam.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HSST-Double-Beam.png). I'm not sure which type is more widespread though (since none of them can really be called "widespread").
      - sudosysgen 5y ago
        Even dual beam EMS looks exactly the same : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_Surface_Transport#/media/File%3AYES89-HSST.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_Surface_Transport... There aren't three different types of Maglev systems. There's EMS and EDS. Indutrack is a type of EDS.

I think they're referring to the Transrapid, which essentially got scrapped. The only non-test track ever built is in Shanghai.

by ginko 5y ago

I think they're referring to the Transrapid, which essentially got scrapped. The only non-test track ever built is in Shanghai.

sudosysgen 5y ago

No, this is a completely new design. The ultimate goal is for rail transport to be faster than air transport and build it to connect Shanghai and Beijing. Transrapid was never going to be built on a large scale, it wasn't a domestic design and it wasn't fast enough to be a real alternative to air transport. Perhaps this iteration even won't be, but eventually there will almost certainly be such a line built - the need is too great.

ginko 5y ago
I was referring to the one Germany was working on. I know that the 600 kph train presented in this article isn't a Transrapid.
- sudosysgen 5y ago
  Ah ok sorry, because the previous maglev train in China is also a Transrapid :P
rob74 5y ago
Completely new? If you look at how Transrapid trains "hug" the rail from both above and below (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrapid#/media/File:Transrapid_07_Muenchen_Airport_Center.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrapid#/media/File:Transra...), the train in the picture is doing exactly the same. So I would be a bit skeptical about such claims...
- sudosysgen 5y ago
  That is indeed the basic design of a maglev train. If you look closely, you will see that almost every maglev train "hugs" the tracks from above and below. This is necessary to prevent the train from derailing and everyone on board from dying. Some use different means of not derailling but surrounding the rail is the simplest.
  - rob74 5y ago
    Not any maglev train. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev, there are three different types, and even the EMS type can have some variation ("single beam" or "double beam": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HSST-Double-Beam.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HSST-Double-Beam.png). I'm not sure which type is more widespread though (since none of them can really be called "widespread").
    - sudosysgen 5y ago
      Even dual beam EMS looks exactly the same : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_Surface_Transport#/media/File%3AYES89-HSST.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_Surface_Transport... There aren't three different types of Maglev systems. There's EMS and EDS. Indutrack is a type of EDS.