19 or 37 km wouldn't touch Chongqing, with almost 100 km. There, there absolutely was no alternative - no other technology could handle the topology. Maybe back in 2011, 37 km would have put us at second longest? Osaka has 28 km and IIRC it was the longest before Chongqing.
Whenever I look down Charles from the Benton St. parking garage, I shake my head. The OCS/Catenary is so thick and dense. It's really about as ugly as you could possibly get. And yet,people throw up their arms about a single, slender, smooth concrete beam. I'll never get it (and don't want to)!
Changsha, China just announced today that they're building their second maglev line! The first opened last year and was built completely domestically. It's the same type of system as Linimo in Aichi, Japan (my favourite!) - electromagnetic, where the train wraps around the guideway and uses electromagnets to lift up toward the T-shaped guideway from below.
Whenever I look down Charles from the Benton St. parking garage, I shake my head. The OCS/Catenary is so thick and dense. It's really about as ugly as you could possibly get. And yet,people throw up their arms about a single, slender, smooth concrete beam. I'll never get it (and don't want to)!
Changsha, China just announced today that they're building their second maglev line! The first opened last year and was built completely domestically. It's the same type of system as Linimo in Aichi, Japan (my favourite!) - electromagnetic, where the train wraps around the guideway and uses electromagnets to lift up toward the T-shaped guideway from below.