History of Maglev Train:

     

History of the Maglev Train started in the beginning of the 1900's century with the ideas of American Robert Goddard and the French Emile Bachelet.But both the scientists did not succesed with their ideas.After 60 years the Japanese and the German started  doing research on the Maglev Train.

The Japanese started their research  in the beginning of the 1970s. After many years of experiments the Japanese constructed their first test line, 7 km in 1975, and they successfully finished in 1977.  In 1990 Japan constructed the Yamanashi Maglev test line which became 42.8km long and the first running test was in 1997. The Japanese prototype of maglev train is using repulsive forces to levitate the train, known as electrodynamic suspension, EDS. 



 The German also started research on maglev train in early 1970s. It took them ten years to complete the construction of the first track model. In 1993 the longest nonstop test running was 1.674 km. That same year the speed record was 450 km/h. In China, 2003, they finished a 30 km long German variant of maglev train in Shanghai, that propels by attractive forces, electromagnetic suspension, EMS . This is the first commercial magnetic levitation train in the world. This project cost over 1 billion dollar.

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