WORLD'S FIRST MAGLEV OPERATION MOVES INTO THE TEST PHASE

The 620 m elevated guideway linking Birmingham International station with a new airport terminal is almost complete, but nine months of intensive testing will precede passenger service in April 1984. Using magnetic attraction to levitate the cars reduces the number of moving and wearing parts, which should lead to high reliability and low maintenance costs. The Birmingham line is seen as a shop-window for this co-operative venture by a number of British firms, with British Rail's Research Division providing technical back-up.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • Johnson, W
  • Nenadovic, V
• Publication Date: 1983-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 260-262
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 139
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport access; Automated guideway transit; Automatic train operation; Elevated guideways; Inverters; Linear induction motors; Magnetic levitation; People movers; Technology
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00373683
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1983 12:00AM