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For fairness, note that 430 km/h reached on 40 km and 350 km/h reached on 200 km is comparing apples and oranges. Maglev could easily reach speeds above 500 km/h over longer distances, while a top speed of at most 250 km/h is realistic for normal rail airport shuttles over such short distances [though 350 is technically possible].

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by DoDo on Wed Sep 27th, 2006 at 05:30:38 AM EST
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Of course, it really shines when considering intercontinental routes in evacuated tubes. Maglev systems can then beat supersonic jets by a wide margin.

But (as usual), this is out of reach because of cost, which is to say the cost of things, which is to say, in large measure, the cost of making things. We're still very bad at that.

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by technopolitical on Wed Sep 27th, 2006 at 06:43:34 PM EST
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Of course, it really shines when considering intercontinental routes in evacuated tubes. Maglev systems can then beat supersonic jets by a wide margin.

Could you bring more on that? I have the faint memory of there being some upper limit to maglev speed, which is under that of pneumatic tube railway, but maybe it was only due to air drag.

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by DoDo on Thu Sep 28th, 2006 at 03:55:13 AM EST
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