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Transrapid
The Transrapid on a test track (in Germany)
Shanghai Transrapid 002
The Transrapid in actual use in Shanghai

The Transrapid is a high speed train developed in Germany. It uses magnetic levitation. It can go very fast, up to 500km/h. Since now it is only used in Shanghai. It is developed by the company TRANSRAPID INTERNATIONAL GmbH & Co. KG, a company of the Siemens AG and the ThyssenKrupp AG.

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  • Transrapid-emsland

    Transrapid 09 at the Emsland test facility in Germany.

  • Seitenansicht Maglev Sideview

    Transrapid SMT in Shanghai (Side)

  • Transrapid05

    Transrapid 05 at ThyssenKrupp

  • TR06

    Transrapid 06

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