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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_0
by 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 agoThat 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 agoNot 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 agoEven 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.