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Shanghai Maglev Protest - 5258/9421 Written by Lee on Monday, 14th January 2008 Police in Shanghai have broken up two days of protests against the extension of the city's showpiece magnetic levitation - or maglev - railway (links below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7186924.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7188122.stm The demonstrations were held by residents living near the planned extension, who are concerned at the possible noise and magnetic radiation. Shanghai authorities have already revised the route to avoid the most densely-populated areas. Super-fast Maglev trains use electric magnets to float above their tracks. This allows for speeds substantially higher than standard railway lines, as there is no friction between the train and the track. Last year, Germany said it had come up with the funds to launch its own maglev rail service. The state of Bavaria is to build the high-speed railway line from Munich city centre to its airport. The announcement sparked protests in Munich against the giant cost of the scheme. Japan is also now actively exploring the introduction of maglev services. Re: Shanghai Maglev Protest - 5258/11119 Written by Lee on Thursday, 27th March 2008 [quote author=Lee link=topic=5258.msg9421#msg9421 date=1200312648] Last year, Germany said it had come up with the funds to launch its own maglev rail service. The state of Bavaria is to build the high-speed railway line from Munich city centre to its airport. The announcement sparked protests in Munich against the giant cost of the scheme.[/quote] Germany's plan to launch a magnetic levitation - or maglev - rail service has collapsed amid soaring costs (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7316719.stm It was to be built in Munich from the airport to the city centre, making it Europe's first commercial maglev train. The plans came unstuck after the estimated cost of the track spiralled to 3.2bn euros ($5bn; Re: Shanghai Maglev Protest - 5258/11202 Written by Lee on Monday, 31st March 2008 Further article links. http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2008/03/soaring_costs_derail_german_tr.html#more http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2008/03/transrapid_technology_headed_f.html#more link to index of articles |
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Save the Train was the campaign to bring an approriate train service back to and through Melksham. Most big contributors are still around writing at the Coffee shop forum where new members are very welcome. The train has been saved - sort of - we have stepped back up from an unusable service to a poorish one but it's doing very well. We did that through setting up the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership. That fulfilled its early objectives; it has been taken over by local and regional government types who are now doing medium and long term work. The team from this forun can also be found at the Melksham Rail User Group (which was the Melksham Rail Development Group at the time these articles were written and we had no users. We mustn't loose sight, though, that the train service remains poor and needs our community support in marketing and campaigning to keep it going in a positive direction ... and all the more so when we're expecting to find a different normallity once we get out of the Coronavirus Pandemic and head for zero carbon via the climate crisis. Yes, it's saved ... it's now a key community facility ... the need for enhancement and the strong and near-universal local support remain, and the rail industry and goverment remain slow to move and provide the enhancements even to level us up with other towns. Please support the Melksham Rail User Group - now very much in partnership rather than protest with the rail industry and local government, including GWR, TransWilts and unitary and town councils. And please use the trains and buses, and cycle and walk when you can. -- Graham Ellis, (webmaster), February 2021 | |||
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