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MAGLEV TRAIN

Maglev (Magnetic Levitation) train is a high speed train which uses the principle of attraction and repulsion by electro magnets and super conductors.
In maglev trains there is no physical contact between the train and guide ways.
It just floats in air on surface of the guide ways due to attraction or repulsion(based on it's type) by the use of super conductor.

Super conductor: Super conductor is a material which possess the property of super conductivity.
Super conductivity: Super conductivity is a phenomenon in which certain materials possess zero electrical resistance when cooled below its characteristic critical temperature.
The main corollary of super conductivity which the maglev trains uses is "super conductors exerts expulsion of very strong magnetic fields".(Meissner effect)
Super conductivity was first discovered by Dutch physicist Heike mercury on April 8,1911 in Leiden University by bringing its temp. to temp. of liquid helium(4K).

CONSTRUCTION OF GUIDE WAYS


HISTORY OF MAGLEV TRAIN

• First built 40 km long track to test their maglev in Yamanashi region in Japan.
• Introduced in United Kingdom in 1984 linking Birmingham airport and near by railway station.
• Maglev trains are in use in only 3 countries (Japan, korea and China).
• Highest recorded speed is 603 kmph by Japan by JR Central's L0 super conductor maglev on 21st Apr 2015 as per 2016 records.

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