07-02-2012, 02:08 PM
The Maglev Train History
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In the 1960s in Britain Eric Laithwaite developed a functional maglev train. His maglev had 1.6 km of track and was in detail tested. His research was stopped in 1973 because lack of money and his progress was not enough. In the 1970s, Germany and Japan also began research and after some failures both nations developed mature technologies in the 1990’s
The Maglev Train
Maglev is a short for Magnetic Levitation
The Maglev Train is one of the fastest transport media in the whole world.
The maximum speed reached for a Maglev train has been 581 km\h in Japan.
The Maglev Train uses magnets to reach a really high velocity
It doesn’t touch the floor. It levitates because the magnets
Advantages of a maglev Train
The German Transrapid is about 20 times safer han airplanes
250 times safer than conventional railroads
700 times safer than automobile travel
A accident between two maglev trains is nearly impossible because the linear induction motors prevent trains running in opposite directions.