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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 12:46 am
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Originally Posted by SmilingBoy
It will cost a lot more than 1.85b. This is just the price used to get approval. My guess is that the total will come to 4-5b. I really don't understand why they build the Transrapid on such a short route. In order to get to its top speed of 450 km/h it has to accelerate for quite some time, then cruise at the top speed for 1 minute just to start slowing down again. Probably a bit like my STR-ZRH flights...
I bet that if a track were to be built for a normal high-speed train, it would only be 2 or 3 minutes slower.
And don't forget the real irony: The Transrapid, as a major terrorism target, will certainly get security screening like the Eurostar, maybe even the liquid ban or whatever nonsense exists in avaiation when the train route finally opens. So here go your 2-3 minutes.
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