日本 Japan ; Linimo Maglev リニモ
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Every nation should aspire to become just half as techie as Japan. Sweet ride.
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The advantage of a Japanese maglev (to a German one) is that at low speeds, it runs on wheels & may be adapted to run on conventional rail tracks.
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2005, I was there. Its a bit disappointing the speed is not greater.
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4:22 =)
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I tried this train.
It was soooo smooth and silent.
You can actually feel when it floats before leaving the station too :P
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@Rocketboy1950 I love the superspeed maglevs the most, i.e. Transrapid and JR Maglev. Those trains are really fast, efficient and reliable. To build a Transrapid maglev line costs the same as a High Speed train line or less.
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@matsv201 Vielleicht
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Actually its was "only" $65M/km. Its quite a lot faster then it looks, its maximum of 100km/h and acceleration of about 1m/s^2, witch is about 30% more than a tram/subway/bus. The trip would take about twice the time with LRT/BRT or monorail.
The high price tag is because of the prototype nature, its include development cost, and its really unfair to count development cost on a short railway as this.
whats the point of building expensive maglev if it runs slow?
sadhaklal 5 months ago
@sadhaklal It was built for an expo and fills a niche in a commuting service.
Rocketboy1950 5 months ago
Toooooooooo slow :(((
hautecontrre 1 year ago
@hautecontrre Try the same trip by road :-((((((((
Rocketboy1950 1 year ago
@Rocketboy1950 Why road?
It can be LRT, BRT or Monorail instead of this superexpensive maglev.
$100 million per kilometer for this?!!
hautecontrre 1 year ago
@hautecontrre You have to consider why it was built. They did it to showcase Japanese technology for the World Expo.
Rocketboy1950 1 year ago 3