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4rail.net - Super High Speed Trains - Technology

This is the home of the future super high speed trains technology page, which will have view points to the technologies used on these high tech trains.

Some of the future subjects:

Power sources for the super high speed class
Safety concerns
Articulation or traditional modular coaches
How much streamlining is enough?
Testing, testing and once more testing
Conventional rail vs. maglevs
Numbers mean success
Sales and support for the technologies
How to feed enoug energy
How fast is fast enough
Cost efficiency
...

Picture: The AGV is the promise for the future markets: lower operating costs, higher maximum speed and almost 100% planned availability! Picture from Velim test circuit by Miroslav Broz 2008, provided under Creative Commons Licence.

Also on super high speed

Super High Speed News provides you the newest happenings and trends in the super fast railroading.

A TGV and AGV Theme Page provides information on these most succesfull super high speed trains.

See the ICE1,2,3 and Velaro Page for these German prides!

Brand new TGV-POS's pose in Paris Gare du Nord for the camera. Almost brand new...the locomotives are new, while the coaches are from the TGV-Reséau sets. Single story trains of 320 km/h serve well the limited numbers of passengers between France and Germany. once the volumes pick up, it's guaranteed that the double decked coaches will be swapped to these units. Picture by Sanna Siissalo 2008.

A Thalys PBKA number 4243 boarding in Paris-GNO. As 40% more passengers are expected to travel the Thalyses within next 3 years, seventh daily return trip between Paris and Amsterdam will be added beginning March 2008. Picture by Sanna Siissalo 2008.

Sources: The Net, La vie du Rail, Trains Magazine, Alstom, ...

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  Super Fast Trains Main Page  Updated
  Super High Speed Trains News   NEW!
  Super High Speed Trains records Page   NEW!
  TGV & AGV page   Recently Updated

Eurostars Updated

AGV Page NEW

Intercity Express - ICE and Velaro Page Updated

Shinkansen picture & fact page NEW

Watching Super Fast Train at Paris Gare du Nord NEW!

The SNCF TGV Roster Page NEW

Pendolino special page Updated

Cisalpino (ETR470 Pendolino) story by Ilkka Siissalo in the Swiss section! NEW

Sokol from Russia    Updated

  High Speed in Russia   NEW!
  Super High Speed Efforts in the U.S.   NEW!
  Super High Speed in China   NEW!

Maglev technology Page - levitation on the rail NEW

Super High Speed Lines and Corridors... Updated
Super High Speed Train Manufacturers... NEW

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