yes about 5 of them
mamta banrjee
The Transrapid.
"magnetic" "levitation" A cute way to make trains float - thus reducing rolling friction, but NOT air friction.
It doesn't ... maglevs are a political boondoggle.
The abbreviation for magnetic levitation is Maglev.
maglev is short for Magnetic Levitation.
well there safer and more fuel effeciant and have less drag and friction
A small, three car maglev train weighs more or less 100 tons, so they are relatively light trains.
The concept of the maglev train, which uses magnetic levitation for propulsion and suspension, has roots that date back to the early 20th century. Notably, in the 1970s, significant developments were made by engineers in Japan and Germany, leading to the first operational maglev trains. The first commercial maglev system, the Matsushita-Maglev, was inaugurated in Japan in 1984. Various countries have since developed their own maglev technologies, but there isn't a single creator; rather, it has been a collaborative effort across multiple nations and inventors.
The Maglev train (also known as the Magnetic Levitation train) was invented in Germany, by a man named Alfred Zehden, in 1902.+++The Linear Motor which is used to propel the levitated trains, was invented in Britain, in the 1960s I think, but sadly not developed here.in japan The technology in use for the Japanese MagLev was invented by two US inventors and was sold to the Japanese when no US investors could be found to proceed with a full-scale maglev in the US. The American prototype maglev train they made was only 3 feet long. A German maglev, using a different technology, was invented and built at about the same time, with the German maglev in use prior to the Japanese maglev.
Patents for Maglev trains were issued as early as 1905, But the first person to demonstrated a prototype of a magnetic levitating railway car was Emile Bachelet, of Mount Vernon, N. Y. in 1913.
It cannot. The magnets used for a maglev train must be engineered and built at very tight tolerances to allow a maglev train to function. Each magnet is specifically built for the maglev train, they cannot be "strengthened" versions of a magnet not made specifically for the train.