This magnetic suspension train is the fruit of 13 years of development by the Krauss Maffei Company in Munich, in cooperation with Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm. Still experimental, the 54-metre, 120-tonne train will carry 300 passengers. Because the train is not in contact with its rails when in motion, there is little noise and no wear from friction. It has been tested to speeds of 400 kilometres an hour.
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Press, 29 February 1984, Page 16
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66This magnetic suspension train is the fruit of 13 years of development by the Krauss Maffei Company in Munich, in cooperation with Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm. Still experimental, the 54-metre, 120-tonne train will carry 300 passengers. Because the train is not in contact with its rails when in motion, there is little noise and no wear from friction. It has been tested to speeds of 400 kilometres an hour. Press, 29 February 1984, Page 16
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