Transrapid
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Key facts
- Company.name
- Transrapid International GmbH & Co. KG
- Company.logo
- Logo of Transrapid International GmbH & Co. KG.svg
- Company.industry
- Rolling stock
- Company.founded
- 1998
- Company.defunct
- 2008
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Article
35 sectionsContents
- Technology
- Levitation
- Propulsion
- Energy requirements
- Market segment and historical parallels
- Ecological impact
- Comparative costs
- Track construction cost
- Train purchase cost
- Operational cost
- Implementations
- China
- Germany
- Proposed systems
- Iran
- Switzerland
- United States
- Colorado I-70
- Los Angeles to Las Vegas
- Other
- Canary Islands
- Rejected systems
- Germany
- High-speed competition
- Munich link
- United Kingdom
- Incidents
- September 2006 accident
- SMT fire accident
- Alleged theft of Transrapid technology
- Development history and versions
- Company
- See also
- References
- External links
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Transrapid () is a German-developed high-speed monorail train using magnetic levitation. Planning for the system started in the late 1960s, with a test facility in Emsland, Germany, inaugurated in 1983. In 1991, technical readiness for application was approved by the Deutsche Bundesbahn in cooperation with renowned universities.