Iran Plans To Provide Transrapid Rail Facility For Piligrims
Iran Plans To Provide Transrapid Rail Facility For Piligrims
May 29, 2007 10:11 p.m. EST
Susheela Hegde - AHN Staff Writer
Munich, Germany (AHN) - Pilgrims from the Iranian capital Tehran may reach the shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad in just two hours instead of two days if a plan to build a magnetic levitation between the two cities is implemented.
Iran wants to provide the Transrapid rail facility to tens of millions of pilgrims who travel the 850-kilometer distance by bus and has asked German company Regierungsbaumeister Schlegel to take up a feasibility study, reports Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily Tuesday.
If built, it would be the longest maglev track in the world, and Iran would be the second country to have the service of Transrapid. So far only China has been running the high-speed rail between Shanghai and Hangzhou international airport.
The Transrapid can run at a speed of 450 kilometers or 270 miles per hour on magnetic cushion powered by frictionless electromagnetic system.
Regierungsbaumeister Schlegel's managing director, Harald Spaeth told the daily that Iran is providing the initial fund of $1.5 billion.
Transrapid is developed by Siemens and ThyssenKrupp.
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May 29, 2007 10:11 p.m. EST
Susheela Hegde - AHN Staff Writer
Munich, Germany (AHN) - Pilgrims from the Iranian capital Tehran may reach the shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad in just two hours instead of two days if a plan to build a magnetic levitation between the two cities is implemented.
Iran wants to provide the Transrapid rail facility to tens of millions of pilgrims who travel the 850-kilometer distance by bus and has asked German company Regierungsbaumeister Schlegel to take up a feasibility study, reports Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily Tuesday.
If built, it would be the longest maglev track in the world, and Iran would be the second country to have the service of Transrapid. So far only China has been running the high-speed rail between Shanghai and Hangzhou international airport.
The Transrapid can run at a speed of 450 kilometers or 270 miles per hour on magnetic cushion powered by frictionless electromagnetic system.
Regierungsbaumeister Schlegel's managing director, Harald Spaeth told the daily that Iran is providing the initial fund of $1.5 billion.
Transrapid is developed by Siemens and ThyssenKrupp.
source: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007487689
Copyright © AHN Media Corp - All rights reserved.
Redistribution, republication. syndication, rewriting or broadcast is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AHN.
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