Editing Transrapid (section)

{{short description|German developed high-speed monorail train}}
[[File:Transrapid 09.jpg|thumb|Transrapid 09 at the [[Emsland test facility]] in Germany]]
[[File:Shanghai Maglev 2.jpg|thumb|Transrapid SMT train in Shanghai]]
[[File:Seitenansicht Maglev Sideview.JPG|thumb|Transrapid SMT train in Shanghai]]
[[File:A maglev train coming out, Pudong International Airport, Shanghai.jpg|thumb|Transrapid SMT train in Shanghai]]
[[File:Transrapid05.JPG|thumb|Transrapid 05 at ThyssenKrupp]]
[[File:Deutsches museum bonn mit transrapid-2.jpg|thumb|Section II of Transrapid 06 in Deutsches Museum Bonn]]
[[File:TR06.jpg|thumb|Transrapid 06]]
[[File:Transrapid 07 Muenchen Airport Center.jpg|thumb|Section I of Transrapid 07 on display at Munich Airport]]

'''Transrapid''' ({{IPA|de|tʁansʁaˈpiːt|lang|De-Transrapid.ogg}}) is a German-developed [[High-speed rail|high-speed]] [[monorail|monorail train]] using [[Maglev|magnetic levitation]]. Planning for the system started in the late 1960s, with [[Emsland test facility|a test facility]] in Emsland, Germany, inaugurated in 1983.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-09-22 |title=In sieben Jahrzehnten zur Schwebebahn |newspaper=Der Spiegel |url= https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/transrapid-geschichte-in-sieben-jahrzehnten-zur-schwebebahn-a-438642.html |access-date=2024-04-26 |language=de}}</ref> In 1991, technical readiness for application was approved by the [[Deutsche Bundesbahn]] in cooperation with renowned universities.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/3JQZYPxQ_Z0 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20151203172616/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JQZYPxQ_Z0 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JQZYPxQ_Z0|title=Der Transrapid - Werbefilm ThyssenKrupp|last=magermunson|date=17 January 2011|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The last version, the 2007-built Transrapid 09, is designed for a cruising speed of {{cvt|505|km/h|mph}} and allows acceleration and deceleration of approximately {{cvt|1|m/s2|kph/s mph/s}}.

In 2002, the first commercial implementation was completed&nbsp;– the [[Shanghai Maglev Train]], which connects the city of Shanghai's rapid transit network {{Convert|30.5|km|2|abbr=on}} to [[Shanghai Pudong International Airport]]. The Transrapid system has not yet been deployed on a long-distance intercity line.

The system was developed and marketed by [[Siemens]] and [[ThyssenKrupp]], as well as other, mostly German companies.

In 2006, a [[Lathen train collision|Transrapid train collided with a maintenance vehicle]] on the German test track, leading to 23 fatalities.

In 2011, the Emsland test track closed down when its operating license expired. In early 2012, demolition and reconversion of the entire Emsland site including the factory was approved, but has been delayed until late 2023 because of concepts for usage as a [[Hyperloop]] test track or a maglev track for the Chinese [[CRRC Maglev]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Transrapid-Teststrecke vor dem Abriss |url=http://www.ndr.de/regional/niedersachsen/emsland/transrapid295.html |access-date=28 April 2022 |date=10 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706235158/http://www.ndr.de/regional/niedersachsen/emsland/transrapid295.html |archive-date=6 July 2012 |url-status=dead |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-26 |title=Rückbau der Transrapid Versuchsanlage naht - MagnetBahn |url=https://magnetbahn.org/news/rueckbau-der-transrapid-versuchsanlage-naht/ |access-date=2024-02-04 |language=de}}</ref>

The development of the Transrapid system in Germany has been carried forward in some form by the company [[Max Bögl]], which has developed the [[Transport System Bögl]] for short range maglev tracks.