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Converting traditional trains to mag lev

  • 11-06-2015 04:22PM
    #1
    carlowplayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 519 ✭✭✭


    How faster and more energy efficient are maglevs over traditional trains that require train tracks and would it be practical and expensive would it be to convert them to maglev


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  • #2
    munchkin_utd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,970 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    I think you need to do a bit of research as there seems to be a lack of comprehension of the 2 systems

    Regular rail and mag lev are completely incompatible which is the main drawback of mag lev.
    A completely new and expensive parallel track to existing services suspended above ground is needed which is one of the reasons the planned lines in Germany never got built.


  • #3
    carlowplayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 519 ✭✭✭carlowplayer


    munchkin_utd wrote: »
    I think you need to do a bit of research as there seems to be a lack of comprehension of the 2 systems

    Regular rail and mag lev are completely incompatible which is the main drawback of mag lev.
    A completely new and expensive parallel track to existing services suspended above ground is needed which is one of the reasons the planned lines in Germany never got built.
    I guess "converting" would be the wrong phrase I guess "replacing" would be a better term
    But would it economically feasible to build maglev tracks in a different area/ network and then decommissioning older traditional tracks be economically feasible


  • #4
    GerardKeating
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    carlowplayer wrote: »
    I guess "converting" would be the wrong phrase I guess "replacing" would be a better term
    But would it economically feasible to build maglev tracks in a different area/ network and then decommissioning older traditional tracks be economically feasible

    Are you sure "MagLev" is cheaper than traditional trains ???


  • #5
    BoatMad
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    I've yet to see 400 tons maglev freight trains !!!


  • #6
    L1011
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    Ask new media darling Catherine Murphy how practical it is, as she once claimed the Maynooth line could go maglev to avoid raising / replacing bridges for catenary (when she was a councillor).


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  • #7
    Rawr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,481 ✭✭✭Rawr


    L1011 wrote: »
    Ask new media darling Catherine Murphy how practical it is, as she once claimed the Maynooth line could go maglev to avoid raising / replacing bridges for catenary (when she was a councillor).

    I wonder if she mistook 'maglev' to mean 'Third-rail power'? :D

    Oslo_017.jpg

    In some systems the powered 3rd rails are raised slightly to the side of the track (like here with the Oslo metro) and a 3rd-rail pickup shoe from the train slides underneath the rail to get power. I supposed if you didn't know better you might mistake this to be some form of maglev :D


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