• Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Yeah, I think trains are awesome but what’s the justification for maglev here? Why get a whole other set of trains, maintenance equipment that is incompatible with other systems in the city?

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      10 months ago

      Looks like it is a 6 mile line that will demonstrate whether maglev is practical

      • Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Surely they can’t just go to Japan and find out it’s very expensive and not really worth it compared to just building traditional trains. They must first waste trillions on it themselves.

        Parade pony projects should be banned from public transport already.

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          10 months ago

          Sure, there are better ways to spend the money, but there are much worse ways also.

          The way that spending like this comes back to bite us is when anti-public transport lobbies use this as a poster child for why trains won’t work instead of for why maglev doesn’t work.

        • barsoap@lemm.ee
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          10 months ago

          Completely different systems for completely different applications. Japan is building over-regional high-speed rail, this is about a metro-scale application with passive tracks.