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GMT Sci/Tech The magnetic attraction of trains Germany's Transrapid - 450 kph (280 mph) In the coming months, some hard decisions will ...
Birmingham Airport currently holds a Civil ... in 1984 when it introduced the world's first commercial passenger maglev system, which was later replaced by a cable-hauled people-moving system ...
Indeed, this is the rationale for building HS2, the London - Birmingham - Manchester/Leeds line in Britain ... Britain’s HS2 aims to be the first railway with a maximum speed of 360km/h. While maglev ...
Today’s guest columnist is Dr. Lily Gutnik. I’m a native New Yorker who moved to Birmingham three years ago. I’ve lived in three countries and six states. I’ve visited 80 countries.
But before we pour billions into a maglev line between D.C. and Baltimore, let’s step off the platform and ask: Does this make sense here? In Japan, it works — and that’s largely because of ...
Maglev is indeed a dream and Gov. Wes Moore is the dreamer (“Maryland the wrong state for costly maglev,” April 16). He can’t find the money for many projects in Maryland due to the huge ...
"I thought it was a slap in the face," said Susan McCutchen, a resident of Bladensburg in Prince George's County who has spent the better part of eight years fighting a maglev train proposed to ...
"Back in the day... every neighbour would literally scrub the doorstep," said Rashid Campbell, surrounded by people picking up litter on the side of a busy road in Birmingham. "If we got that ...
China is once again going to change the future of transportation with its vacuum Maglev train. Chinese engineers worked on the concept of vacuum technology for several years. This idea was ...
A long-running strike by bin workers, that has left rubbish piling up on Birmingham's streets, will continue after union members "overwhelmingly rejected" the city council's offer in a fresh ballot.