Maglev debate in Denmark

[Amiduffer]

Just curious. For those of you in Northern Germany and Denmark, what do you think about the current discussion of constructing a Maglev train connecting Aarhus and Copenhagen?  :idea:

[odin]

Based on the Siemens project with a test track in Northern Germany?

There was a big hubbub in Northern Netherlands about a planned route connecting Groningen to Amsterdam with such a maglev track (and hopefully onto Hamburg) but the whole project fell through, even Germany decided against a Hamburg-Berlin track IIRC due to the huge costs involved. China is the only country having a commercial maglev track I think, although the short length makes it completely useless.

[iMiga]

Not sure if this is straying off-topic, but there is a Maglev link through the UK proposed, called UK Ultraspeed.

UK Ultraspeed

And here is a map of the proposed route:



I personally think Maglev is a great idea, it's benefits likley to outgun the flaws (mainly initial construction costs) in time.

As for the Denmark plan, it's a shame it didn't go through. And the Shanghai Airport-City Centre maglev link isn't useless because of its short track; it is far quicker at getting into a city like Shanghai than other means. That, and it's operation shows that the technology is feasible.