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Unread 06-02-2006, 18:29   #1
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Unread 06-02-2006, 18:59   #2
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Sure TGV got to 515 km/h in the mid 1980's and the ride was still better than average intercity train at 160kph

I'll stick with steel wheels its a lot more energy efficient

The Germans have a maglev test track where you can have a go

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Unread 06-02-2006, 23:30   #3
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How about a Maglev to Navan to solve all these quibbles about manholes and stuff?
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Unread 26-02-2006, 21:47   #4
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I've often thought that this could be a serious solution to some of our intercity travel needs.
How cool would it be to have a line between Cork, Dublin and Belfast? With a journey time of maybe 1 hour in total? Of course it's pricey but we'd be skipping an entire generation of rail travel and setting, for once, an example to the rest of the world.......And there'd be no doubt anymore about whether or not bus, plane or train is the best way from dublin to cork.
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Unread 27-02-2006, 03:17   #5
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How about a Maglev to Navan to solve all these quibbles about manholes and stuff?
Yes. We can let the RPA build it and they can solve the problem at Cannistown by having the Maglev cross the M3 with a level crossing
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Unread 28-02-2006, 18:30   #6
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Sure TGV got to 515 km/h in the mid 1980's and the ride was still better than average intercity train at 160kph
That was a test train, though. 502 km/h is crusing speed for the Maglev, and it is capable of much faster.
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The Germans have a maglev test track where you can have a go
And the Bavarian PM (who is still a pretender to the German chancellorship) is attempting to push to have it finished. Article on Forbes...Stoiber doesn't want the Chinese to become the "exporters" of Maglev technology, so it's either a matter of national pride or there's something to this stuff.
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Unread 01-03-2006, 10:47   #7
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I would rather have a ICE Dublin Cork Belfast express. But we need some kind of high speed rail between the 3 cities
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