[DE] Bögl receives permission to operate maglevs in Germany

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Max Bögl receives permission to operate maglev trains in Germany

The German Federal Railway Authority (EBA) has granted a license to "TSB Betriebsgesellschaft", a subsidiary of the German construction company Max Bögl, to develop and implement a new transport system.

The TSB project, which started in 2010, is designed to be cost-effective, with construction costs starting at €20 million per kilometer. The system focuses on short-distance travel, with operational speeds of up to 150 km/h. Unlike most similar technologies, the TSB maglev system features a stator on the vehicle itself rather than the infrastructure. It is powered by a 750V DC third rail.

The rolling stock prototypes are built by HeiterBlick. These driverless trains consist of two to six carriages, each 12 meters long, with a total weight of 18.5 tons and a passenger capacity of 127. The trains are designed to handle gradients of up to 10% and curves with a radius of 45 meters. TSB is also exploring the use of the maglev technology for freight transport.

TSB Betriebs operates an 820-meter test track in Sengenthal, Germany, and a 3.5 km demonstration track in Chengdu, China, where two world records for medium- and low-speed maglev lines were set (169 km/h in 2021 and 181 km/h in 2024). Additionally, the company has plans to develop maglev lines in cities like Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, and Nuremberg, although none of these projects have been approved yet.
TSB is also collaborating with the Chinese company Xinzhu to produce maglev trains for China.
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. Two-car maglev for the TSB project. Source: Max Bögl

Info based on: https://rollingstockworld.com/passenger ... n-germany/ Accessed 2025-12-08

[Parrahub1]

They sound a bit dodgy believing in hydrogen and going broke.

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They sound a bit dodgy believing in hydrogen and going broke.

They are one of Germany's most important construction companies and certainly anything but bankrupt. They know what they are doing – but you don't have to like it, of course.

[Parrahub1]

They sound a bit dodgy believing in hydrogen and going broke.

They are one of Germany's most important construction companies and certainly anything but bankrupt. They know what they are doing – but you don't have to like it,

I am only interested in facts which are hard to come by these days and I thought green Hydrogen was dead in the water like your picture of EMS doing 600 km/h.

If you can show me any evidence I would appreciate it mate.