Approved to acquire a passenger railroad franchise previously held by the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad Co., which was abandoned in 1935.
The train reached 375 miles per hour in a test run on Tuesday, surpassing its previous record of 361 miles per hour set in 2003. The train traveled for just over a mile at a speed exceeding 373 miles per hour.
skyTran is a high-speed, energy-efficient, transportation system, designed to transport passengers in a safe, green, and economical manner. The system is a network of computer-controlled, 2-person "jet-like" vehicles employing state-of-the-art passive Magnetic Levitation (MagLev) technology.
Tech. chief estimated a 21.5-mile maglev train route from Kennesaw State University to Atlanta’s Perimeter Center would cost $472 million.
The ride was part of Tokyo's pitch for billions of dollars in high-speed train contracts from the U.S.
MagneMotion Inc., a company founded by Richard D. Thornton, emeritus professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, received a $7.9-million grant in 2008 from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to conduct a three-phase test of its patented Maglev technology.
Small vehicles running on elevated, maglev guideways,will eventually travel up to 150 mph and move 14,000 people per hour, both locally and regionally.
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