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The Monorail Malaysia project originally started in 1997 as the KL Monorail project. The Asian Economic Crisis of 1998 almost derailed the project completely. Faced with an astronomical increase in the price of the Japanese-built imported trains, the officials were forced to look at alternative solutions. In 1998, the decision was made to cancel plans to import the Japanese trains and to produce them locally instead. |
ELEVATED GUIDE WAY CROSSING A 6 LANE STREET INTERSECTION
A very narrow beam
.Minimal visual impact
.Very small footprint
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.Modular (built off-site)
.45m(150 feet) long ..spans Portable |
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Transrapid train emerges from stylish station in Shanghai
Construction began in April 2001 of the first commercial Transrapid system. Despite the fact that the maglev was the first revenue-producing point-to-point high-speed maglev in the world, the system was up and running by 2004. The 30-km line runs at speeds of over 500 km/h (310 mph) runs between Pudong Shanghai International Airport and the Shanghai Lujiazui financial district. |
