Replying to Maglev System Proposed for Orlando Area
Topic Summary
Scott Orlando
Posted 09 January 2013 - 03:06 PM
There is a spur the goes close to OIA that services the OUC coal plant. Expansion plans for the airport show a station for Sunrail, Light Rail and the FEC.
MattW
Posted 01 July 2012 - 12:22 AM
Well, they aren't wrong. Except for the trough design used on the experimental Japanese monorail, I believe most maglevs actually are "monorails." With most of them, unless you just knew, or looked at the [lack of] wheels, you wouldn't necessarily know they weren't wheeled monorails.
Anderson
Posted 30 June 2012 - 11:31 PM
Actually, as silly as this sounds...wasn't the plan for a maglev monorail of some sort? I thought I'd read that somewhere.
CHamilton
Posted 30 June 2012 - 11:17 PM
Georgia Company Unveils Plans for Maglev Train Linking SunRail, Airport
The news story seems to think maglev and monorail are the same thing, but I suspect that's just poor reporting.A private company wants to build a magnetically propelled rail system to link with the SunRail commuter train and the International Airport. American Maglev Technology says it can build an elevated monorail in time for the start of SunRail in 2014.
TampAGS
Posted 18 June 2012 - 10:38 PM
Would be sweet, but quite frankly the city the size of orlando would be better served by a light rail, financially. Kind of what LA and Charlotte have.
Orlando is presently constructing a commuter rail system on tracks which the Florida DOT purchased from CSX (and are used by Amtrak). Those tracks, however, don't go near Orlando International Airport. The maglev system is only being brought up as an option to link SunRail with OIA and the convention center, not as a city-wide transit network.
Current master-plans call for the development of a tourism-focused light-rail line to service points between Universal Studios and Sea World, but these plans are tentative at best.
What? No Maglev between Orlando & Tampa? I would think they'd want to alleviate all the traffic on I-4.
Sigh... Yes, well... that was a goal of the Florida High Speed Rail project, though it didn't involve maglev. Unfortunately, our creep of a Governor decided that Florida was too good to accept any Federal money, so after years of planning and effort invested, the whole initiative was dead.
Oddly enough, before Scott was elected Governor, he seemed to have no qualms over Federal money. After all, the company he ran systematically overcharged the government and Medicaid for a couple billion dollars.
AutoTrDvr
Posted 18 June 2012 - 02:03 PM
Would be sweet, but quite frankly the city the size of orlando would be better served by a light rail, financially. Kind of what LA and Charlotte have.
Orlando is presently constructing a commuter rail system on tracks which the Florida DOT purchased from CSX (and are used by Amtrak). Those tracks, however, don't go near Orlando International Airport. The maglev system is only being brought up as an option to link SunRail with OIA and the convention center, not as a city-wide transit network.
Current master-plans call for the development of a tourism-focused light-rail line to service points between Universal Studios and Sea World, but these plans are tentative at best.
What? No Maglev between Orlando & Tampa? I would think they'd want to alleviate all the traffic on I-4.
TampAGS
Posted 18 June 2012 - 01:45 PM
Would be sweet, but quite frankly the city the size of orlando would be better served by a light rail, financially. Kind of what LA and Charlotte have.
Orlando is presently constructing a commuter rail system on tracks which the Florida DOT purchased from CSX (and are used by Amtrak). Those tracks, however, don't go near Orlando International Airport. The maglev system is only being brought up as an option to link SunRail with OIA and the convention center, not as a city-wide transit network.
Current master-plans call for the development of a tourism-focused light-rail line to service points between Universal Studios and Sea World, but these plans are tentative at best.
Green Maned Lion
Posted 02 May 2012 - 07:58 AM
The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.
tp49
Posted 02 May 2012 - 02:07 AM
A 267 mph ride on the Shanghai maglev train
Lori Cuthbert, editor-in-chief of Discovery News, shot a video of her recent ride on the Shanghai maglev train, which has a top speed of 270 mph. You can't really tell how fast it's going by watching the scenery move by outside the window, but the passengers' delighted giggles make it clear they are enjoying the high-speed ride.http://boingboing.ne...e-shanghai.html
But the reality of the Shanghai maglev is that it that it is speed restricted at night, the inside of the cars looks outright cheap and for what it is, is not worth the money it costs to ride it (50 kwai or close to $9 US). The maglev does not even go into either Lujiazui or to "downtown" by People's Square instead forcing a transfer on to Metro line 2 or a taxi for the the rest of the trip to the main hotel area by People's Square and Nanjing Lu.
Now that Metro Line 2 runs to Pudong Airport until 10PM it took the biggest plus to the maglev away which is it ran out to the airport later than the subway.
Shawn Ryu
Posted 02 May 2012 - 12:39 AM
Would be sweet, but quite frankly the city the size of orlando would be better served by a light rail, financially. Kind of what LA and Charlotte have.
