The Future Of Transportation: MAGLEV | Megastructures | Spark

Speeding at 430 km/h, a futuristic magnetic levitation train makes the 30 km journey from the Pudong International Airport to the Longyang Road Station in Shanghai’s new financial centre into an eight-minute joyride. As the world’s first operating electromagnetic levitation train system, the MAGLEV travels at lightning speed and could change the way we look at train technology forever. As a transportation system, it is fast, safe and energy-efficient but the Shanghai line remains the only magnetic levitation train in commercial operation despite decades of research and countless proposals. What is slowing the MAGLEV down?
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[@grahamemoerkerk2698]

I have riden the Maglev in Shanghai. Fanbloodytastic I say.

[@runitback5066]

Hope to share the same enthusiasm one day aboard this magnificent piece of engineering as you sir.

[@gotrescuedauto3584]

WHAT IS SCARY?

[@fit4lifenickzagorov592]

We have these in Chicago too they are called the L train. Lol. They go 10 mph and You can get robbed, Stabbed and or shot all while enjoying the crumbling infustructor in the background!

[@cloudbloom]

These trains are fascinating, I remember seeing documentaries about them around 15 years ago and I've wondered just how advanced the technology has become since then

[@mpokoraa]

the first time I saw a documentary about it, it was 41 years ago

[@themanfromcabowabo1559]

@@mpokoraa Yep, me too. At least that sounds about right. Thanks for reminding me how old I am. 😁

[@Helaw0lf]

I vaguely remember seeing a docu in Tech Ed back in 2004. By the way, greetings fellow struggler!

[@cloudbloom]

@@Helaw0lf Struggler gang💪

[@DDELE7]

Well China seems to one of the few countries at present continuing to advance Electromagnetic Stye Maglev monorail trains for both medium speed and high speed as pioneered by Transrapid of Germany. Recently some next generation maglev trains were unveiled that could reach up to 500kph (311mph) but those trains have yet to be tested.

[@someoneelse7629]

Maglev is ANOTHER tecnology that is always a few years away, like the flying cars and fusion energy. I read about it in magazines as a kid, and it was a few years away, now I'm aboutt to retire, and it is still a few years away.

[@-cheshire-cat]

"In the US, high speed rail is stuck in limbo" Describes everything in the US.

[@geoms6263]

they like to drive cars

[@Electronic424]

They have the most advanced air network, a vast rail network, besides, the distances are too great between coasts to build high speed rail.

[@alanle1471]

Car company lobby is too strong.

[@themanfromcabowabo1559]

@@alanle1471 What car company lobby are you referring to?

[@Dweller415]

😂😂😂😂 💯

[@musiconhold0]

Rode on the shanghai one before Loved it

[@chosenfew259]

Shanghai has had a working Maglev since 2002, rode on it many times watching it goes from 0-450km+ every time going to and from the city to Pudong airport, old technology.

[@ShneekeyTheLost]

It's a really old documentary. Like 20ish years old.

[@scottgeorge4268]

Opened to public October 10, 2003; 18 years ago (normal operation)

[@kiwitrainguy]

@@ShneekeyTheLost The date at the end of this documentary is 2007.

[@davidjma7226]

I have been on the Mag Lev in Shanghai. It runs from the Airport to Pudong and was finished about 20 yrs ago. It was running at 425kmh when I was on it according to the digital display in the railcar. Still running today and they just launched another. This is not new ground breaking technology!!

[@RogersMgmtGroup]

I rode the same train in Shanghai as well. It has been around for years but very few installations to date. It is awesome to ride

[@shodansmith]

Rode the Mag Lev Oct 2019 pudong to Shanghai, the West needs to seriously step up their game!

[@neilfranklin5644]

Maybe not but we have to build it here our hs lines need replacing with it.

[@Markle2k]

This episode is from 2007. The crash happened in 2006, 22 years after the test track was opened. The test track shown was demolished about a decade ago. The video mentions the Shanghai train. Do you all still feel smug now?

[@scottgeorge4268]

@@Markle2k The crash was in Germany?

[@mickeyfilmer5551]

In 1966, as a 7 year old kid, my Granfather gave me two very strong horseshoe magnets( My father had to separate them for me as they were very strong for a 7 yr old)) I soon discovered the "Like poles repel" action and immediately thought of using them to lift a car to make it fly with a propeller at the rear -- I always remembered that and obviously I became and engineer. I just can't help thinking sometimes - yeah that was my idea- even though it had been proposed many years before I was born, however it is still brilliant to see it finally come to fruition.

[@FriendofMineralTown]

Maglev Mike has taken his relationship off the rails again

[@grantchang81976]

off the rails on a crazy train

[@Crisdapari]

All these documentaries became pieces of history. Now we can analyse it with some perspective. :)

[@wulliest]

The German test track pictured in Emsland was closed years ago. The Chinese are looking at re-equipping it in 2021 to further develop the technology.

[@reddycrewmateandmini975]

Yes

[@anatolezhuraw6443]

A big up from all us world of rail buffs.thanks.

[@ladyfame6470]

I thought of this when I was younger playing with Magnets as they oppose each other and when pressed against each other how they would quickly fly past each other with incredible strength and speed. I know for a fact that I am not alone in this. I believe anyone who played with magnets had this experience and came up with similar ideas in our imagination. I just wish somehow we could ALL get the credit for it instead of the industry, it's a bitter sweet feeling, maybe if I had better parents or a support system I could be up there talking about it and giving credit to every child with a vision, not taking it.......lol. I miss being a kid. Love all of you! 😌

[@apoorhorseabusedbycenk]

Maglev trains have been around for 120 years now. It's not a new technology at all.

[@raeng92]

This is the best thing I’ve learnt so far! Why travel on a plane when there’s a train that has the speed but more capacity on land? Amazing!!

[@dwainmorris7854]

THOSE TRAINS ARE DEATH TRAPS . WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE A HEAVY SNOW FALL ; ROCK SLIDE : A TREE FALL ; OR A TERRORIST ATTACK ?

[@ex0duzz]

They've been running in shanghai for 20 years now with a flawless record. In that time hundreds of people have died due to plane crash or car crash etc. trains are some of the safest transportation systems ever. Especially hi tech high speed trains, both maglev or normal high speed rail. Those things you mentioned are not a problem for china, and if they are, then you don't build it there until you solve those problems, which china has. China isn't Afghanistan with terrorists, there are far easier targets which will do much more economic damage or kill far more people than by attacking a train line. Snow? Doesn't snow in Shanghai or not much, and they have systems in place already for snow. Didn't you see them testing for snow in this video? As for rockslides, they are built on 20 meter high stilts and aren't anywhere near cliffs or mountains where rockslides can happen. If they can even survive Earthquakes, the things you mentioned is trivial in comparison.

[@khoado2060]

@@dwainmorris7854 Hmm and nothing bad had ever happened to airplanes. No terrorist attacks and no plane crashes ever took places, right? (Especially on a day in September 20 years ago, nothing happened right?)

[@timothywiley6334]

YES

[@DeepFriedHugs]

Road one a number of times in Shanghai pudong. Super fast

[@BoDiddly]

How old is this? I think I remember seeing this on the Discovery Channel or Science Channel more than a Decade ago.

[@curlymike]

At 35:30 there is 1998 on the screen

[@PepijnHazelhof]

I am wondering isn't the track configuration not standardised for a round the world yet? If you want to connect 2 systems they better have the same layout. Or else you gonna heve the same problem as with the trans sabiria express

[@sheiladikshit5110]

28:30 would be great if someone turned the power waaaaaaaaaay up, and the sled flew off the track at the end!

[@maheshpatel3738]

Superb

[@David31564-f]

With friction rail transits, they're cheaper to install and produce, but more expensive to maintain. With Mag-Lev transits, they're very expensive to install, but cost much less to maintain.

[@dougdoug2165]

I read sometime ago that they are considering launching from the moons weak gravity using maglev propulsion.

[@RandyAlexanderBoivin]

you can use this technology magnetic Feld on space ships

[@jerkyturkey007]

What about areas that have a cold climate, would snow and ice on the rail/track be a problem?

[@axamesvc]

The infrastructure of magnetic railways is under video surveillance, and on top of that, the system itself would detect immediately any kind of potentional problem in any sector of infrastructure, so the clime isn't actually a problem for this kind of transportation. Plus, there would be a vehicle patrols for cleaning and maintaining the speed tracks, something similar you can see about maintaining the standard train railways. I gues that only earthquake can do a damage to speed track infrastructure, but in that case, sensors as well as video surveillance would detect that problem automatically and as measure of safety, Maglev itself would be stopped as soon as posible and the trip would ce canceled, so the passengers would probably be holded until the next Meglav comes to them and picked them up all. I don't know exactly, but this is, indeed, the most safety public transportation in the world, and the fact is that simply nothing we have today is even close to this. Ps. When you see, "Made in Germany" - you KNOW exactly what that means.

[@William_sJazzLoft]

That's a good question. The short answer is no. To be sure there's thermal expansion and contraction that happens as with any other surface or material. And yet as long as the inspection and pms is performed as with any rail system it should do well. Additionally this technology might allow for sensors that detect stress in the structure.

[@spencermdave4237]

I thought Japan is already using this type of transport for some time now. It travels at a maximum speed of 600 km per hour.

[@DDELE7]

Japan has one operational low speed maglev train line. But the one everyone is waiting for is the construction and completion of the Chuo Shinkansen which will feature Superconducting Maglev. The first leg of the project should be done by the decades end.

[@Joti3774]

NICE

[@jeffarto8340]

Mag-LEV roads like in Disney World, Epcot, and the Military's underground bases. This is over 70 years old technology. Magnets last 300-400 years, if made properly, so very little maintenance is needed. Then get rid of all the batteries, modules, computers, engines and injection stuff. All you need is a magnet motor that will always be on, when on the road or on top of magnets. Very simple!!!

[@axamesvc]

I would like to see this public transportation system in my country and all around the world too because I love trains, not bus stations and airports which depend on oil. But this kind of tech is extremely expensive with astronimical numbers, and the only way how to get this transportation installed worldwide is a plan in which all countries in the world would be a part of it as a global project. I mean, only if all countries decide to invest their national capital and be a part of global infrastructure of railways, maybe this world could have this amazing and cool travel system someday in a distant future. Extracting and distrubution oil could be used for producing electric power with some kind of machines, and that power could be used for charging eletric public airplanes and parking spots for electric cars all around the world, so the oil companies would be taken down and deleted from a global market, they just need to make a change in their bussines and take a step in a new world of renewable electric power resources.

[@64aashishchaudhary5]

The future is amazing, The trends of technology take it to god level, I have a question can Maglev change the multiple guideway? If the answer is not then justify why? It feels like we have the trend to travel in the same lane and this is straight forward to bring the check mate to others transportation facilities

[@nobodynobody3120]

You should be proud of yourself

[@davesusek3330]

OK for a crash I will take no fuel mag lev over anything else currently available. Great video

[@winnythekahuna8073]

i would be interesting if a maglev trolley system pulling a glider would work. Similar to the catapult system of an aircraft carrier except the glider remains tethered to the maglev trolley and gets pulled along the track.

[@axamesvc]

The point is on SAFETY and NO CONTACT with anything. Catapults on military airplane carriers are very olded. See, you have today a few models of military jet fighters who actually doesn't need to have stupid catapult or catch the hook during the landing procedure oh the carriers. The problem with official US Army is in fact that they're always spending a tons of money trying to find out some cool inventions which would give them advantage and keep them superior in compare to their false "enemies", but smart nations such as Russia, China, Germany and France are actually investing in upgrading the military arsenal which they already own. And that's the reason why US don't have the best military jet fighters, the best helicopters, the best drones, tanks and submarines. US only have (I guess) the best military battle ships and that's all. Even "Israeli's" tank Merkava 4th generation is pretty much old because Germans have the best one with no doubt. And when we talk about jet fighters, you can talk only about Russian and France plains. Or submarines? Just take a look what China has and everthing about it will be crystaly clear to you. Maybe a drones? Check out the Turkish drones and see who's dominating with that kind of military tech in today's modern world. The point of my comment isn't to embarase the US Army, but just to say that they wasting a tons and tons of money trying to invent some kind of revolutionary military tech instead of investing in their military arsenal they already have and make it even better. And now, what do you think about, what the nations I mantion above have or maybe could have of very advanced military tech inventions and prototypes that public knows nothing about? What kind of advanced tech they could have but which is under top secret? See, US isn't a military force no.1 in the world today, you simply can't claim such thing because there is already at least 5 or 6 very strong military powers such as Russia, China, Germany, France etc. And what about nuclear military powers such as Iran, India, Pakistan, Korea, "Israeli" etc.? This world is changing fast and the US aren't the "global police" for delivering injustice, invading innocent nations, bringing the suffer to citizens, destroying infrastructure and economic, killing the innocest civilians as a "collateral waste of war", etc. etc. And thanks God, the less dominance of the US in the world is, the world itself is automatically a much better place to exist and live in peace and freedom.

[@pumba6099]

what year was this doco made so much has changed since this was aired

[@WhuDhat]

2005ish I think, they talked about the system starting in 02 and later in the vid they referenced within 3 years of operation X ammount of passengers have ridden...etc. and looked how chunky those computer monitors are haha

[@bradleysmith9431]

2006 my guess is from the signs at six flags with 2006 on the pole

[@kevinsavage808]

Why aren't the facts mentioned about the first maglev train, It was used in Birmingham, England, and the maglev inventor, was an Englishman named Eric Laithwaite,

[@BoxxerCore]

Probably because they are to concerned with repeating the same details about Maglev technology every few minutes to stretch out the doc.

[@jimmyryan5880]

They could check if their own little loop of test track was clear?

[@M4dAf4ka]

Shanghai Maglev from airport is just like 10min ride but it goes 300km/h

[@mikedrown2721]

What's like a 10 minute ride???

[@bradleysmith9431]

"there's hardly any vibration at all" next scene and from then on all I notice is how the camera bounces, things hanging on the wall bouncing, people's heads bouncing... But it's smooth?

[@Justineexy]

every vehicle bounces, but the maglev is smoother than all other forms of Transport.

[@neilfranklin5644]

Reminds me of the time tunnel

[@jophoenix3919]

How stop and start ?

[@stevieg6418]

I am sorry its the fault of the crappy operator for doing a test run with people inside it at the same time doing a maintenance run on the same test track. I mean its not even a full line! Incredible incompetence and oversight and also lack of safety technology (or was it switched off) for sensing object on the track.

[@2511jeremy]

4:45 the width of one cd case..... what🙃 how old is this video

[@elwoodanderson4149]

Build it in median of interstate

[@kmktruthserum9328]

MONORAIL 🎶 MONORAIL 🚝 MONORAIL 🎵 !!! MONO- Doh! 🥴

[@William_sJazzLoft]

There's definitely a lack of foresight and vision among planners and policymakers in the US and Europe.

[@jamesmcmichael3558]

I remember taking the maglev train in china, it was much better then flying

[@larrydean1779]

It's not lifted the width of a CD case is lifted the thickness of a CD case. What were you thinking?

[@curlymike]

Probably was thinking of a CD's stacked like this: |||||||||||

[@gordonmills7798]

At those speeds how do they overcome the terrific heat generated under the elevation

[@ex0duzz]

Heat from what? It levitates, there is no friction so no heat.

[@gordonmills7798]

@@ex0duzz You are quite correct: I was looking at it from a different angle, but you are correct, and for me, it is back to the drawing board with my tail between my legs:

[@Indpendent01]

What is the date of this documentary from Parallax Films?

[@notthedroidsyoulookingfor]

kind of long time ago

[@Markle2k]

2007

[@jophoenix3919]

Now if we can DESIGN the platform to blend in to the landscape wow

[@Zakariah1971]

Imagine leaving this planet altogether.

[@WhuDhat]

If only

[@sbeve7445]

Its amazing how things have changed over these years. The Maglev in the end didn't get popular as the engineers had hoped for, because it is solving a problem that no longer exists. The model of air travel has changed. 1) Planes has gotten extremely safe compared to the 2000's. 2) The transportation model of plane is no longer the hub-and-spoke (which is what the A380 was built for). Instead, there are more point to point flight with few transfer flights, made possible thanks to newer jet plains such as the 787 and A350. Thus, short flights at around 1 - 2 hours became increasingly rarer. 3) Plane tickets has become more and more affordable, and there are less and less plane delays compared to the 2000s.

[@Nukepositive]

It sounds like it will solve a problem that will come into the fore in the coming decades. As the world tries to go carbon-neutral, planes have no fuel alternative that's remotely carbon-free. Maglev trains will be able to replace plane long-range land travel in a (more easily) carbon-neutral way. Maybe electric trains will take the role and we will just have a cultural shift about what kind of travel times we accept for transcontinental travel.

[@edwardbarnett6571]

In democracies sometimes it is cheaper to go underground with a number of modern multi modal TBM working 24/7 than have expensive court cases. A single 11 psi Maglev tunnel can increase speed from 600 km/h to 700km/h while still being breathable and passing stations would allow daytime trains to stop where needed with overnight container trains beating any truck by eight hours over 1,000 kilometres between freight sidings eliminating daytime planes and reducing trucks. Using Sydney to Melbourne as an example with passing stations at Canberra and Albury it would cost $60,000,000,000 and return $20,000,000 per night which makes it able to subsidise daytime fares below planes and still have a return of 10% Perhaps cooperation between Japan, China and America can develop the maglev container train with Australia to use an international guideway to benefit the world.

[@marioxerxescastelancastro8019]

“Planes have gotten extremely safe” Say that to the pilots of the Boeing 737 MAX.

[@sbeve7445]

@@marioxerxescastelancastro8019 I know, but compared to the likes of the DC10 it is still worlds better

[@PeteS_1994]

Safer and quieter

[@texastriguy]

This works amazing in China, but few other places. The main reason is that China can forcibly take whatever land they need to make an entire, usable network. Many other nations don't just move people off wide stretches of land for public works. Maybe Dubia/UAE would be interested as abundant magnetic rail would have a certain tourist appeal these sand nations are looking for. And they have the money to finance it without worrying about recouping the initial costs...

[@jetli740]

I guess you dont know much about CPOs rule do you? UK and US, german have these, Most of country will have these rule. if they dont have these rule the country will never get developed new road will never be able to build. I have these applied to my property already they need to acquire few meter of my land for their new carpark.

[@rqlk]

Anyone else feel like any second it’s gonna fall on the tracks and skid and cause a fire

[@MakerInMotion]

Yeah does dirt, snow, or bird poop on the track interfere with the levitation?

[@William_sJazzLoft]

'maglev is too much of an untested system'. Oh, really? The fact is that there's a cap on the top speed of even the premier conventional high speed rail systems. And it's the age old engineering/physics problem of friction. Even in the nations that have been early adopters of traditional high speed rail that's a challenge that will not go away. So, these policy makers who are saying that the technology is 'untested' had better get on the ball.

[@reddycrewmateandmini975]

Hello nice dideo

[@1000xtati]

How old is this documentary?

[@curlymike]

At 35:30 there is 1998 on the screen

[@1000xtati]

@@curlymike 😮didn't think was that old

[@AHegberg]

when can i buy my first maglev

[@WhuDhat]

Build a miniature railway! ..er magway?

[@grantchang81976]

nuclear fission reactors are conducive with construction of mag lev and rocketry as well its not ethical to try to power something big like mag lev without a dedicated fission reactor onsite

[@caroler59]

Like submarines use nuclear power? I think hydrogen fuel cells would be better. No need for a battery. We need to develop hydrogen energy big-time in this country and not depend entirely on lithium battery technology. All this stuff needs to be built NOW, so it's available in 20-25 years.

[@grantchang81976]

@@caroler59 yeah we need to do something to replace oil soon bcuz our kids are going to be mad at us fir using up all the oil ive heard fuel cells cost way too much and pure hydrogen is just too explosive maybe HOH oxyhydrogen which is hydrogen chemically dissolved in to water so the water is super saturated by hydrogen is going to be a substitute when oil runs dry

[@JohnSmith-ii8pp]

Two things people should be aware of. 1) an earthquake will destroy it, but the same can be said for anything else on the ground. 2) It still uses fossil or nuclear power. People get so disillusioned about this. Where do they think electricity comes from? It is a great use of that power.

[@howdw18]

Conc3rns for Acid rain in some countries

[@MrBuild9357]

Do you think they will win the nature?

[@ernestpfannen8920]

👽🛸

[@axamesvc]

Guys, this documentary is as I can remember a pretty much old, and today Japan and China has the upgrated Maglev trains which can reach 600+ Km/h with an ease. Guess they get this tech from Germans and just keep developing it over the past years. I don't know does Germany is using these trains today? All I know is that Japanese and Chinese are enjoin' in this amazing tech.

[@scottgeorge4268]

Shanghai Maglev does NOT travel at 600klm! the speed is 421klms.

[@user-fo8qz7cf9h]

Japanese SC Maglev is extremely differ from Transrapid. SC Maglev uses superconducting magnet while Transrapid uses normal electric magnet. And SC Maglev is guided by Electro-Dynamic Suspension(EDS) while Transrapid be guided by Electro-Magnetic Suspension(EMS). SC Maglev levitates 10cm high while Transrapid does 1cm. So SC Maglev can go faster and safer than Transrapid. Why JR Central need to get DB's inferior idea?

[@imranzakaev3191]

@@user-fo8qz7cf9h super expensive power hungry yet still have a wheel,,,low tecch

[@hungryanimal5112]

Kuya

[@Rogar0]

When can I buy my ticket?

[@2511jeremy]

You sure you want to go its made in china and the highest polluter in the world

[@OneAdam12Adam]

What China doesn't tell you is that they use these high speed lines to rapidly move their troops, weapons and ammo. Just ask the countries of Tibet and India. As well, the Uighurs can tell you how the slightest disturbance brings hundreds of oppressive troops to their homes within minutes.

[@johnpaultan615]

Yup! He he ideas,ideas,ideas .....

[@favourmicheal9501]

We need to start Teleporting.. Just saying 🙂

[@fbeshir1163]

Is the narrator a robot or computer generated voice?

[@ryanrylander2264]

This is what Walt wanted for Disney. But, having it LOOK like a mag-lev train, was MUCH more cost effective. With in-park transportation, it was a smart choice, given the trains don't need to go 300k/hr+a!! Disney is one big lie anyways, right!? Nothing there is as it seems!!

[@reddycrewmateandmini975]

Okay

[@pokerbob05]

Elon: hold my beer….. Ladies and gentlemen, the super duper hyper looper..

[@fbeshir1163]

Is the narrator a robot or computer generated voice?

[@korana6308]

hyper loopy

[@notindaclub6932]

I remember when the "Superman" ride came out and it was designed just like this so, Who came up with this technology? Sounds like the people that designed Superman Ride are the one's responsible for this technology.

[@My-Opinion-Doesnt-Matter]

It's an alien technology from planet Krypton.

[@VinayKumar-db4qz]

Japanese Mag lev achieved 603 KMPH.

[@know1knowsu210]

It will not be on time that's a guarantee! It doesn't matter how fast it goes because speed has little to nothing to do with it being timely.

[@vojtechfarkas885]

Speed has nothing to do with it. But it is timely, because it's entirely run by computers and does only go between two stations.

[@transcrobesproject3625]

How old is this video? 15 years?

[@curlymike]

At 35:30 there is 1998 on the screen

[@savannahjackson8513]

Monorail, Monorail, Monorail!

[@ugochukwuavoaja8924]

Simpsons 😊

[@tazkrebbeks3391]

Sounds like a virus.

[@mattymattmatt101]

I figured out the problem 2 minutes and 30 seconds into the video. It crashed into a service vehicle.

[@jonnygarland4741]

I heard of it i invented over 40 years ago nobody would listen believe it or not

[@texasray5237]

That's not an accident, it's criminal negligence.

[@Rovinman]

This Technology was developed in the UK in the 60's (Professor Laithwaite, Manchester University). First trial Maglev, was a short track to Birmingham Airport. First Linear motor MRT was in Kuala Lumpur in 1995.

[@Markle2k]

This test track and the Birmingham track were opened in the same year, 1984. The Birmingham airport MAGLEV was a 22 mph people mover with a track barely half-kilometer long. It closed a decade and a half before the German track due to a lack of reliability.

[@2511jeremy]

And most electricity is coal powered in china

[@imouto4hire]

17:20 "Many countries such as America and Europe" 🤦‍♂

[@CHMichael]

That's from the 90s - made by Siemens. I wonder what happened to it. Human error.

[@aquual1462]

The factory and test track got demolished the last train is probably going into a museum.

[@nobodynobody3120]

You can get the same results

[@ianmoone8244]

And power is not measured in bytes!!!

[@sheiladikshit5110]

the yanks probably sabotaged the german choo choo train.

[@Markle2k]

No, the 3 German dispatchers who allowed the train onto the track before the maintenance crew had cleared the track did not follow regulations. At least two of them were convicted of 23 counts of manslaughter and 11 counts of causing grievous injury. The third person, the one who was in charge and cleared the train onto the track was under suicide watch and unable to stand trial at last report I can find.

[@officialmysteriousrider6327]

That's what ian Beale gets upto nowadays Germany version Lol

[@corrinetsang1478]

the maglev traians will reached 600 km per hour,

[@minedminemind5656]

Wikipedia: Eric Roberts Laithwaite (14 June 1921 - 27 November 1997) was a British electrical engineer, known as the "Father of Maglev" for his development of the linear induction motor and maglev rail system. Don't let anybody try to say that it has "recently" been thought of. The idea is almost 100 years old. It was 1974 when the idea was conceived.

[@ex0duzz]

1974 to 2021 is moot 47 years. Where'd you get "almost 100 years old" from?

[@Markle2k]

With math skills as poor as yours, I'll go elsewhere for my information, thank you very much.

[@wand69able]

If I could edit now, I would

[@wand69able]

One funny point would be, if this comment is still on here in 50 years, I'll be right & you'll look like an idiot. But yes, my math was out. My point was, that (math aside) "Mag Lev" not a new idea.

[@sevenmeijer422]

Europe has the best fast speed trains ICE the talise

[@ckdigitaltheqof6th210]

It was a Mag-nificent design, but now a very historical design, due to decades of infustructure makes, it had only 2 flaw, 1st I'd recomend, swapping the track Stats with the simple cart magnets, 2nd, creating a valve tunnel express, I'd call 'Turbineloop.' A quick valve entry tunnel with parallel flow turbine wind, at almost 225mph+ velocity of moving frictionless environment, allowing stack over sonic barrier issues.

[@MAN-cw9tv]

中国はドイツの技術を取り入れて後で日本式に変えた印象があります。

[@glizzyrg3914]

That bad🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jonnygarland4741]

A train can be lifted and levitate and pulled and gathered with zero electricity also super fast faster than any jet airplane trike has to be almost straight I do know I' really did invent this over 40 years ago nobody would listen believe it or not so I gave up

[@theadel8591]

The consultor guy says that planes consume a lot of oil and that oil is going to be rarer in the future with more demand which means higher plane ticket prices -makes sense so far- yet he does not mention where the energy for the electricity of the train comes from. Sadly, many people who follow these hoaxers don't know much about how these businesses are run, electric vehicles. PLEASE BE INFORMED OF HOW 'environment-friendly' businesses are run before supporting them.

[@William_sJazzLoft]

Ok. So, what's the information? You have not put out any data for your reader to consume.

[@theadel8591]

@@William_sJazzLoft hi, the reader can use google for looking up information rather than taking it from a random KZbin comment 👍🏼

[@gollywog6695]

No one notice? 2:28 Investigators ask, "What happened and why?" 2:53 The commentator says, "It is driverless." Well I think there is no need to ask what happened or why. The answer is obvious. And why did they not check first before the test run that the machine doing the fault checks on the rail was not going to be running at the same time? This driverless and doing things via technology only is bull crap! Long way to go yet before they perfect non human operating anything. Minor things may work but not when human lives are at steak. Like cars etc

[@fbeshir1163]

Is the narrator a robot or computer generated voice?

[@tazkrebbeks3391]

Computers. SMH! Computer crashes. The world stops. Thing is. I never saw a pencil crash.

[@ladyfame6470]

@@tazkrebbeks3391 ohhhh, I like that pencil part! Facts!

[@ladyfame6470]

I agree, such a simple yet stupid mistake and to think people lost lives behind it. Very sad. There is nothing like humanity. What is also sad is that we have to teach our computers to care about human life when we we are born with it. They will never be a good-enough replacement for human being and the lives that were lost can't be replaced either, and other thing to teach computers. I wish some forms of tech would just go a way, however I know our planet has become depended on it.

[@Markle2k]

The cause of the crash was multiple levels human error. The crash happened in 2006 and this program was produced in 2007 before the investigation was over. The dispatchers were supposed to put a brake on the train until the maintenance vehicle had cleared the track. They did not. The main traffic chief cleared the train onto the track without making sure the track was clear. The maintenance crew had radioed for permission to leave the track, but they received no response. The train "saw" the obstruction on the track and applied emergency brakes. The wedge shape of the train caused the maintenance vehicle to ride up over the train and sheared the roof off the train. Well, I guess you're only human to have made so many mistakes, blaming the computer without checking your facts first. At least 23 people didn't die as a result of the errors the four of you made before posting.

[@markamcampbell6340]

can they power it with solar or a hydroelectric so they won't be a burden to the rest of the power grid?

[@BamBam-uf4yi]

Thats the idea its more energy efficient than a plane who cares how they power it

[@jamesruscheinski8602]

God international community

[@28akim]

Looks like the Chinese mastered this technology and built their own maglev train at a fraction of the cost and massively improved speed.

[@jakemoeller7850]

Blaine the train.