in my humble opinion, MAGLEV has two geat drawbacks : first it can't go in center town without building new tracks. On the other side, running on standard railtracks allows HST to use the 'old stations' that are, at least in Europe, inside each town. second : points are very difficult to build and stations are not easy to build. A direct 'train' can't overtake an 'omnibus' (I hope you understand one stoppeng in each station).
It can be a solution for 'simple lines' as : between an airport an its town. We ran at 574 km/h on a standard railtrack (world record); we expect running at 360 km/h soon on standard railtrack. Why invent a new system more complicated ? Larry Miller a écrit : > Build the highways, let EVERYONE benefit from dollars spent. > > I understand the convenience of trains. I took them around Europe also, and, > off peak, were running almost empty. I won't argue that it was not a nice > way of getting around, but I was riding for pennies at the expense of the > taxpayers over there. Any efficiency was lost when you factor that into the > average. > > Rails are OK when you have a lot of people taking the same route at the same > time. We don't always have that. They are expensive but make pols look good > until you see the price tag. You might like the maglev train they were > working on at Old Dominion U. Unfortunately, the last I heard, they ran out > of money (as should many govt programs - this was partly private). The thing > ran relatively smoothly, but didn't want to stop properly. No one knew how > much money it would take to get that resolved. > > But if the govt comes along and opens it's check book, this project can be > completed, probably, but at what cost? How many non-workers could we > transfer that money to, or how many financial execs could we help with their > BMW payments? > > Larry Miller > > -- Jean MAURICE Grenoble - France - Europe www.atoutfox.org www.aedtf.org _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
