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Germany To Build New Maglev Railway

Posted by kdawson on from the riding-on-a-cloud dept.

EWAdams writes "According to the BBC, the Bavarian state government has announced that it has signed an agreement with Deutsche Bahn, the German state railway system, and the Transrapid consortium, to provide a maglev railway between central Munich and its airport. The only other maglev in full operation at the moment is in Shanghai, again as a city-to-airport service. The cost of the system is estimated at $2.6 billion. No completion date has been announced."

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  1. Monorail! by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    They will be like North Haverbrook.

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  2. Ripoff.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    At 2.6 Billion that is only about 2-weeks of Iraq war.

    Which would you rather have? A shiny new Maglev or 2-weeks of war. Those Europeans have a warped sense of priorities.

  3. Re:I am strongly opposed to maglev techonology by jcr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try a sack of iron filings instead.

    -jcr

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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."