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Vehicle Overview

From a 60-centimeter model to the production vehicle in Shanghai: here you will find all Transrapid vehicles, their predecessors and the further developments from China, as well as the TSB.

Overview

Over 50 Years of Maglev Vehicles

Each vehicle has its own page with its history, key facts, fate and images. The overview is sorted into groups:

  • Transrapid 01 to 09: the test and pre-series vehicles from 1969 to 2011
  • Predecessors and variants: MBB prototype vehicle, KOMET, Erlangen test vehicle, HMB2, SMT Shanghai and Freightrapid
  • CRRC: Chinese vehicles based on Transrapid technology
  • TSB: the Transport System Bögl as an independent maglev for urban transport

Select a vehicle below. To learn how the technology works, see Technology; for the development in context, see History.

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