START OF OPERATION OF THE TRANSRAPID TEST LAYOUT IN EMSLAND--AIMS & TASKS

The MVP (Versuchs-und Planungsgesellschaft fuer Magnetbahnsysteme) has been founded to operate the Transrapid maglev test layout in Emsland. MVP is responsible not only for the operation, testing, development and management of the facility, but also will carry out operation analyses and economic investigations with the system. Partners in the MVP are the DB, Lufthansa German Airlines and IABG (Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft). The MVP's small staff means that its work is mainly in co-ordinating and evaluating. Work intensive tasks are to be subcontracted, the main subcontractors being the partners themselves. This ensures that the MVP benefits from the expertise of the three partners in a way which would be possible only to a limited extent by the seconding of experts. The MVP's aims and tasks in respect of operation, testing and evaluation are directed at obtaining pointers to the usefulness of the maglev system for high-speed passenger transport and evolving recommendations for further procedure.

• Corporate Authors:

  Hestra Verlag

  Holzhofallee 33, Postfach 4244
  6100 Darmstadt 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • HEINRICH, K
  • Polifka, F
• Publication Date: 1983-12

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.
• Serial:
  • Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Hestra Verlag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contracting; Evaluation; Institutional issues; Magnetic levitation; Operations; Planning; Technology; Test facilities
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Old TRIS Terms: Operations planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00386244
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1984 12:00AM