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MagLev Rant (Preview)

By Daniel posted on Saturday (26th of November 2011) - Personal

So I think everyone's heard about the governments controversial plans to build a new High Speed Rail 2 link, but what you may not know is that there was an alternative. In 2007 UK Ultraspeed, based on Mag Lev tech, was rejected in favour of HS2.

Now initially I assumed it was just too expensive, but then I started to look into it, and that's not the case. So I'm trying to put together all the facts, bellow is what I've found so far.

 MagLevHS2
Speed500kph400kph
0 - 200mph110s330s
Power?20MW
Max Weight15tonnes60tonnes
Track Cost£28m / km£55m / km

Expect this post to get updated with more details as I find them.

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