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Parrahub unit https://app.sketchup.com/share/tc/northAmerica/NwgSLwH9e98?source=web&stoken=nqT4pjTJHdDYibJHMHf_PcaTtajk0ditAlWxkNShc34nczLe6D5bpPW8VjD_fpaW With 50 negatively ventilated four ensuite bed rooms every level for 100 levels with shops/supermarkets in the centre and connected to Melbo...

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It is relativly small but what do you expect with last century drill and blast.

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Japan is too small to use overnight container trains but if they use Chinese TBM to connect Melbourne to Brisbane in six years then install the proven SC maglev the NIMBYS will have nothing to complain about and we can use excess rooftop power to recharge the electric semitrailers from overnight con...

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If they want to sell the SC maglev it must remove trucks and planes with a TBM driven 14 m diameter straight tunnel with passing stations at cities.

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Even though I lIke Anthony Albanese I will vote against Labor if he wants to connect his home to east Sydney rather than going under the Parramatta river at Parramatta.

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If they used a 14 meter diameter tunnel driven with a Chinese TBM overnight container trains would keep the daytime fare below planes and big countries would buy it other wise they say it is too expensive.

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This is what I put on the AEVA lounge today.

Nobody will connect Melbourne to Brisbane with SC maglev if everybody sits on the fence.

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I thought it had been slowed to 300 km/h.

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Sounds a better idea than Hyperloop but I doubt if it stacks up economically to do it to all the railcars.

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When the Melbourne to Brisbane SC maglev is started freight will have plenty of time to get organised with electric trucks and container handlers at freight sidings. Only the more adventurous would use it in the daytime at first even though it has no more risk than a plane but their hip pocket will ...

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If they want to sell it to bigger countries it must take overnight containers in single guideways between passing stations at cities with twice the size tunnel driven with TBM technology that can see in front to avoid a pilot tunnel.

This earns sufficient to keep the daytime fares below planes.

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No. If the route is built on elevated structures above existing highways, hardly any new land is required. The information at the end explaining why maglev "is unsuitable" is factually incorrect, but typical of high-speed rail enthusiasts. It would be very popular with voters of all sides...

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This video is interesting to some. https://youtu.be/B3_9Upt2jZk Very interesting video. Why the costly tunnel route? Couldn't the route be built on an elevated structure? For example, running parallel to existing highways? Even if the high-speed rail route were enclosed, this would be significantly...

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I am amazed Japan has a communist party because communist countries do not have democratic parties.

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Many people think TEST car is still experimental where the SC maglev was proven between 1997 and 2011, it is just improved.

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This video is interesting to some.

https://youtu.be/B3_9Upt2jZk

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Balance is my favourite word but the opposition just wants to stop it in my opinion.

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NIMBYS will try anything to stop the SC maglev proceeding.

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If you Google the fastest train in the world it comes up the Chinese BS about it being Shanghai maglev and a lot of people were too young to know the Japanese SC maglev goes faster and was proven between 1997 and 2011. JR has to stop calling it a testing train because a lot of the world believes it ...

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Humelink is as vulnerable as the French HSR which was stopped by vandals or even future wild weather and as putting HVDC cables in the channel tunnel is far cheaper than overhead wires, the SC maglev connection from Melbourne to Brisbane which goes below Snowy 2 should start now. Humelink https://bl...

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They should not call it a test train because all the world does not know SC maglev was proven 1997 t0 2011.

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I doubt if that small damage would have occurred if they had used Chinese TBM technology.

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Japan needs Chinese TBM technology and China needs Japanese SC maglev but they would rather have a blue.

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Screenshot 2025-10-29 104530.png . Japan’s Maglev Train Project Costs Surge to $73 Billion Japan’s Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) has raised the projected cost of its Tokyo–Nagoya maglev line by 4 trillion yen, bringing the total estimate to 11 trillion yen — roughly $73 billion USD, €6...

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Apart from being uneconomical with just passengers everybody wants to have their five cents.

https://youtu.be/m8YxRMKWzAQ

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The airport one in China has been slowed to 300 km/h

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174bbe43-e22c-4021-a7ae-30fa6be4a3f1[1].jpg . The Max Bögl transport system on the demonstration track in Chengdu, China. . Photo by TSB Boegl in https://www.schwaebische.de/regional/baden-wuerttemberg/diese-geplante-neuerung-im-bahnverkehr-waere-fast-schon-sensationell-4017126 Accessed on 2025-10-...

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Everybody in Australia would love a SC maglev connecting Melbourne to Brisbane and the 1% return on investment from the overnight container trains will make the daytime fares cheaper than planes.

With 60 Chinese TBM able to drive it in six years all parties would agree.

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After watching the Greens on TV I sent them this email.

Would the Greens be interested in removing half the trucks and all the planes between Melbourne and Brisbane.

https://youtu.be/za3pZto7OB4

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Unless it is a SC maglev over 1,000 kilometres to subsidise daytime fares rail cannot compete.
https://youtu.be/3ALqdqoTYSE

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This is why I cannot get a lottery for Parrahub, everybody gets a cut.

Four corners.
https://youtu.be/D4MSHGEw2U8

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Actually Japan should be building SC maglev container trains to sell to bigger countries to reduce daytime fares.

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Apart from tunnels avoiding at grade crossings I do not think they are subject to the same amount of subsidence as on the surface. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUzA25r-ekM&pp=ygUcaHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9sVXpBMjVyLWVrTdIHCQn8CQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D Xi doesn't want China to end up like Russia and want...

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Apart from tunnels avoiding at grade crossings I do not think they are subject to the same amount of subsidence as on the surface.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUzA25r ... GM7w%3D%3D

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It worries me that many truck drivers will lose their jobs even though prices will fall due to increase in productivity but the only thing is it is better to use electric SC maglev trains than burning fuel for half the trucks and all the planes. This is a good video on jobs at risk. https://www.yout...

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After watching ABC building greener cities Parrahub has got a chance I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ3gAp4 ... hyohjO8%3D

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Every country needs a BALANCE like Australia had with pig iron Bob and the democracy America set up in Japan allowed NIMBYS to stop the SC maglev for four years.

Have a look at how HSR working in California.

https://history.state.gov/milestones/19 ... nstruction

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More fake news about what they are going to do.

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There are pros and cons in a monopoly like Parrahub because while it allows the operator to run efficiently it can be abused with no competition.

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Unlike conventional trains the SC maglev can be as long as needed so there is no need for dynamic pricing unlike planes.

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To get the best value on the 5,000 identical Parrahub units I suggest they are prefabricated and delivered overnight along the M4. Separate business would build the 18m x 4m footpath, 18m x 4m front lounge, 16m x 4m ensuit bathrooms and bedrooms 4m wide with lengths to suit. Some want development fo...

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Chinese TBM operators would not require all the bells and whistles that Snowy 2 have and drive Melbourne to Sydney for half the cost in two years with 60 TBM from 30 launch sites.

https://youtu.be/za3pZto7OB4

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Depends if you think we are causing global warming.

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Australia is so hooked on gambling it is impossible to have competition with a Parrahub lottery but perhaps the world bank may be interested in it because it will remove trucks and planes off the Melbourne to Brisbane route.

https://youtu.be/za3pZto7OB4

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Balance is my favourite word and that includes safety, look at the NIMBY guy next door who held up the tunnel for four years.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary ... nor-nimby/

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It will have to be SC maglev for 600 km/h as the 1cm gap fails after 20 years of subsidence, but I am just an ex truck driver.

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Aussies say the Chinese airport line is now very bumpy and after seeing what a problem subsidence is for HSR in the future I can’t see EMS being used in Russia.

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To save money on Humelink Melbourne to Sydney should be started now so HVDC cables can go in the tunnel.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/constructio ... ect-snowy/

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Eurorapid wrote: ↑
4. Oct 2025, 15:35

Parrahub1 wrote: ↑
4. Oct 2025, 13:22
Why look at last century tech when they can ride on a proven SC maglev in Japan.
Yes, that's right.
Or the equally interesting Transrapid Shanghai, which has been demonstrating the outstanding capabilities of maglev technologies every day for 20 years.

That is debatable.

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Why look at last century tech when they can ride on a proven SC maglev in Japan.

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It is the same as the NIMBYS in Japan.

There has to be a balance between a demand an a laissez-faire economy said pig iron Bob who was our longest prime minister in Australia.

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My experience in the transport industry. Many people used to say to my brother why do you have such a big shed but at 6 am and 6 pm it was a madhouse with small trucks swapping pallets from Brisbane to Melbourne and Dubbo because business is only open through the day. Some people think if anything i...

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Parrahub1 wrote: The ground may be OK for EMS in Germany but even with twice the supports originally planned and going in a semicircle to avoid the soft ground it only lasted 20 years before it subsided enough to slow it. This assessment is partially correct from our perspective. The pillars in Sha...

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Parrahub1 wrote: The ground may be OK for EMS in Germany but even with twice the supports originally planned and going in a semicircle to avoid the soft ground it only lasted 20 years before it subsided enough to slow it. This assessment is partially correct from our perspective. The pillars in Sha...

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This is an interesting article on HSR subsidence.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ea ... 72105/full

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The Shanghai EMS Maglev has been operating flawlessly for 20 years with an outstanding reliability rate of 99.97% in terms of punctuality. This level of quality is unmatched worldwide. The EMS maglev achieves this reliability through rigorous engineering, extensive testing, and ongoing maintenance....

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China is trying to build a SDS maglev like Japan but better with German assistance as the airport one has failed due to insufficiennt clearence with EMS Let us clarify your assumptions. 1.) China is investigating ALL currently available levitation systems, i.e. EDS, EMS, and Hyperloop applications....

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China is trying to build a SDS maglev like Japan but better with German assistance as the airport one has failed due to insufficiennt clearence with EMS Let us clarify your assumptions. 1.) China is investigating ALL currently available levitation systems, i.e. EDS, EMS, and Hyperloop applications....

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To make Campbelltown the first station south in the Sydney passing guideways the Parrahub building should be started ASAP and because nobody wants to start a lottery for it I thought as there is risk in any investment it is like gambling without a quick return. People could crowd fund it with a winn...

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China is trying to build a SDS maglev like Japan but better with German assistance as the airport one has failed due to insufficiennt clearence with EMS

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If it had an overnight underground container train it would not have to be subsidised at all and they would have missed all the surface costs.

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Two sayings I like “if it is deep enough long enough it turns to rock” And “Operating a non pressurized TBM is like riding a bicycle while a pressurized TBM is like riding a unicycle. An epb/slurry TBM has more parameters to monitor and keep balanced than a hard rock TBM and also are more expensive ...

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There are many misconceptions about SC maglev. Most people do not know the difference between EDS and EMS maglev. Australia is unique in being large enough that it can be independent between Melbourne and Brisbane. Lies about China having the fastest train in the world when it really is Japan. China...

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I believe the first step in stage one Sydney to Melbourne would be for a lottery for the Parrahub building with two units won daily to purchase the site so there is no push back when excavation starts allowing the 14m TBM to start Sydney passing stops at Parrahub and Campbelltown.

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That is wrong with a democracy nothing gets done like the California HSR

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To avoid pushback from farmers and suburbia it would be just as cheap to connect Melbourne to Brisbane with a single 14m diameter tunnel that allows 600 km/h than to buy land on the surface.

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Interesting that Rosie says half the cost of road transport is drivers wages.

https://youtu.be/PGMUMAZ7shY

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It appears to me that the Chinese airport line has been slowed due to subsidence having only 1 cm clearance and Germany is trying to build a proven Japanese EDS maglev in China. If it is built with Chinese 14 metre diameter TBM expertise it will allow overnight container trains removing trucks over ...

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A bit rich when they and the NIMBY guy next door have tried everything possible to can it.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary ... nor-nimby/

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Depending on if windows in bedrooms are important the Parrahub building could be designed for people to retire to as there doesn't seem to be much available.

https://www.smh.com.au/property/living/ ... 5mtv6.html

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There are too many cars in the world and perhaps in the future people will live in big multiuse apartments with plenty of parking using public transport and only using their cars when convenient.

https://youtu.be/fgdB4afJHR4

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Get the Chinese to use their TBM experience to just drive a single waterproof 14 meter diameter tunnel with a single guideway between passing stations at cities allowing overnight container trains to kill half the trucks and all the planes.

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There is more return connecting Melbourne to Sydney with overnight container trains than just passengers north across the Sydney harbour plus it eliminates half the trucks and all the planes on that route. If Melbourne to Sydney is connected with a SC maglev that takes overnight container trains as ...

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This is what I sent off to Parramatta council today. At present Anthony Albanese wants to drive stage one with last century steel rail from Gosford where he has a house to east Sydney to connect Melbourne to Brisbane. This means crossing Sydney harbour and trying to thread through the existing tunne...

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FedEx wants to go faster and greener with its palletised freight but there is nothing faster or greener than using electricity stored in Snowy 2 directly.

https://primemovermag.com.au/core-strength/

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Because last century steel rail cannot take containers and passengers a lot of people want to connect Sydney to Brisbane first but as SC maglev can, while earning more than passengers, stage one should connect Melbourne to Sydney. It would eliminate having to thread the way under the harbor and allo...

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I wonder if it is because the airport line failed with insufficient clearance they want to develop EDS like Japan which is proven but cannot replace trucks and planes.

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The prime minister wants to have steel rail from Gosford where he has his home to east Sydney but I think the opposition may get in and do stage one Sydney to Melbourne from Parramatta where it is cheaper to go beneath the river for stage two to Brisbane. Because of this I hope they do because I do ...

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I may be wrong but it seems that Germany wants to improve on the proven Japanese SC maglev in China. The German EMS airport line in China has been slowed to 300 km/h due to subsidence with only 1 cm clearance even with twice the foundations and now the are looking at an improved EDS line. Australia ...

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Last century HSR has to be subsidised worldwide but this century proven SC maglev can take overnight container trains that earn a growing $1.4b p/a on this route keeping daytime fares affordable. Although I have 25 years experience underground and 25 transporting people and freight I have little cre...

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Now the airport line has to be slowed to 300 km/h it is proof that over time 1 cm clearance is not enough and they need Japans 10 cm clearance and I do not like the Chinese BS.

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Why should all America spend money on it?

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Why should all America spend money on it?

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This is the email I sent to the high speed rail authority yesterday. Regarding the advertisement for the HSR from Brisbane to Melbourne using last century steel rails limited to 320 km/h while Australia needs an overnight container train earning $1.4b p/a on stage one from Parramatta to Melbourne. A...

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It is uneconomical because it cannot take overnight container trains and the rest of America will not pay for it.

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Chinese lies the proposed Chinese SC maglev you have to push by hand and the EMS airport line has been reduced to 300 km/h.

The fastest one is the Japanese SC maglev proven between 1997 and 2011 for export.

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The mini although radical had many problems which later similar cars avoided and I think the German/Chinese want to build their own SC maglev avoiding the problems the Japanese have such as using last century NATM horseshoe-shaped tunnels by using TBM with single guideways connecting big cities like...

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A guy on another forum thought time saved in travelling would be lost in transferring the container so I explained. I know you worked at the Chullora Rail container terminal but that only had two gantry cranes and because the front wheels can be made to steer on the SC maglev it can go anywhere on t...

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Why don't they buy the Japanese SC maglev proven between 1997 and 2011

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This is interesting it looks like they are going to copy Japans 600 km/h EDS maglev at 41 seconds.

https://youtu.be/bbqMxakJABw

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Looks like the Calafornia joke where nobody can agree on anything.

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On the AEVA forum Terry said the train from Melbourne to Brisbane is designed to beat trucks and I replied that people want their stuff yesterday.

https://forums.aeva.asn.au/viewtopic.ph ... &start=225

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If Japan had used the Chinese TBM expertise they could have used overnight container trains that they need in some big countries and avoided the problems caused by last century NATM.

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HSR with steel rail is last century technology as it cannot replace trucks and planes on major routes.

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I know the NIMBY guy has gone so it sounds a bit sus probably the Japanese communist party.

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With only 1 cm clearance it will fail over time like the airport maglev.

Unless they do it like the Japanese SC maglev, which I think they are trying to do, it may be easier to just buy the proven technology off them.

Also the NIMBY guy has gone and it is full steam ahead for the tunnel.

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I cannot see it happening with EMS as it has failed with the Chinese airport line over time with only 1 cm clearance.

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I suggested buying the SC maglev off Japan instead of China trying to develop it and was told by someone on this board that China wants to develop its own.

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It as to be EDS as the German/China EMS airport one has failed with only 1 cm clearance.

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The Chinese airport EMS maglev train with only 1cm clearance could not even be built in a straight line because of poor soil conditions with huge foundations and supports at 25m instead of the planned 50m that now have subsided enough to slow it and they want to extend it further and go 600 km/h lik...

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