

Japanese JR-Maglev  (Source: Yosemite)
Government funnels $45M into maglev proposal.









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Use conventional high speed trains instead.
By Anonimous on 6/9/2008 5:37:17 AM , Rating: 2
Why not use "conventional" technology and combine it with the proposed High-Speed Train System (

It would save a lot of money and get profitable faster.
Just do a search on the Spanish high speed rail system and you'll see that it's taken a lot of passengers from the regional flights.

By Bcnguy on 6/9/2008 10:24:28 AM , Rating: 2
Im not an expert (not even close actually) but is my understanding that maglev are more interesting than conventional HSTs depending on distance.

May be not if you just plan to go for 250 miles but my guess is thats just the start. So being US so larger than France or Spain its possible that makes sense to choose maglev instead of a conventional HST tech.

Just as an example, a direct travel from Madrid to my city (Barcelona) means 409 miles and takes 2:38h. Well, to be honest an upgrade to 350km/h (217MPH) is announced for this autumn but dont think conventional HST could reach 300MPH anytime soon, if possible.

