Re: 250km/hr magnetic levitation trains to fly soon in India

From: habshi (habshi_at_anony.net)
Date: 11/05/04 

Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 17:25:57 GMT

"The policy is expected to be announced by Prasad at a press conference shortly. The policy
enunciates plan for introduction of a bullet train with a minimum speed of 250 kms per hour or
more," the sources said.
 
 
 

Chinese professor develops new magnetic train

November 05, 2004 09:58 IST

A physics professor in Shanghai claims to have developed a magnetic train, which costs much less
than its foreign counterparts.

Wei Lehan (66), a professor at Shanghai Normal University, says the Magnetic Array Suspension (MAS)
system he developed is the first in China with independent intellectual property rights (IPR).

A model train, on show at the Sixth Shanghai International Industry Fair, attracted many
professional visitors, the China Daily reported.

The train's technology is different from models used in Germany and Japan. The MAS train is powered
by a combination of attraction and repulsion generated from permanent magnets both on the train and
the tracks.

Compared with the luxury German Maglev train currently running in Shanghai, the train Wei has built
with the help of two workers in five months looked shabby. It was poorly decorated and the control
panel is very simple, the report said. The model, 3.75 metres long and 1.4 metres wide, can seat six
people.

But building a MAS system would cost about 30 million yuan ($3.6 million) per kilometre, about a
10th of what the German technology would cost. It would also save considerable amount of land and
energy, Wei was quoted as saying.

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