Sources
All content on maglevhub.com is based on reputable, scientifically recognized sources. Here you will find the most important ones.
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Some facts about the Transrapid sound so astonishing that they are hard to believe. Still, every statement on maglevhub.com is backed by verifiable sources. The maglev has more than 100 years of history. To understand the technology, the history and the political disputes, we have evaluated numerous publications.
Specialist books and standard works
- Transrapid und Rad-Schiene-Hochgeschwindigkeitsbahn: Ein gesamtheitlicher Systemvergleich (Transrapid and Wheel-on-Rail High-Speed Rail: A Holistic System Comparison)Compares the Transrapid with the ICE in every aspect. Conclusions include: the Transrapid needs significantly less energy, is much cheaper to maintain, reaches much higher speeds, and is not noticeably more expensive to build, or even cheaper depending on terrain.
- Magnetbahn Transrapid: Die neue Dimension des Reisens (Maglev Transrapid: The New Dimension of Travel)Technical and historical details, focusing on the origins and commissioning of the Transrapid Test Facility Emsland.
- Der Transrapid oder die Magnetschnellbahn in der politischen Warteschleife (The Transrapid, or the High-Speed Maglev in Political Limbo)From one of the Transrapid's inventors: the origins of the technology, the developers' visions and the growing political hurdles.
- Radlos in die Zukunft? Die Entwicklung neuer Bahnsysteme (Wheel-less into the Future? The Development of New Rail Systems)Much technical information on the Transrapid, plus other wheel-less systems such as the Aerotrain and international maglev prototypes.
- Sonderheft Transrapid (Transrapid special issue)Articles on history and technology, studies of international example routes, and an in-depth look at the completed project in Shanghai.
Studies and information material
- Machbarkeitsstudie zum Einsatz alternativer Verkehrssysteme im spurgeführten ÖPNV: Grundlagenermittlung (Feasibility study on using alternative transport systems in guided local public transport: baseline assessment)Compares the Transport System Bögl (TSB) with trams, subways and S-Bahn (suburban rail). Result: the TSB is a competitive alternative with many advantages.
- Der Transrapid – Fragen und Antworten (The Transrapid: Questions and Answers)Information booklet from the consortium of ThyssenKrupp and Siemens on facts and myths surrounding the Transrapid.
- Transrapid-Studie (Transrapid study)Recommends using the Transrapid to cope with growing traffic volumes economically and ecologically, and examines various route alignments for this purpose.
- Hermann Kemper – Ideen, Visionen und wissenschaftliche Arbeit zur berührungsfreien, schwebenden Fahrtechnik (Hermann Kemper: Ideas, Visions and Scientific Work on Contactless, Levitating Travel Technology)About the man who brought the Transrapid to Emsland: the motivation and origins of the maglev from 1922.
- Information booklets and brochures from ThyssenKrupp, Siemens and other companies involvedNumerous brochures were published over the decades. Their content is largely contained in the sources listed above.
Where news, images and videos come from
Articles: For political news, we rely on general reporting or personal contacts. Information on developments in China mostly comes from Chinese social networks or from contacts on the ground. Technical and historical details are based mainly on the works listed above. Content that did not first appear on maglevhub.com is credited to its source in the respective article.
Images and videos: thyssenkrupp Transrapid provided us with many photos and films of the Transrapid, and we show them with credit to the source. For other systems, we use press images that are publicly available or provided to us directly. Many graphics and photos are now created by us.
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