destructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTIL the UK built a working hovertrain prototype in the 1970s and then abandoned ityoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down15
arrow-up1163arrow-down1external-linkTIL the UK built a working hovertrain prototype in the 1970s and then abandoned ityoutu.bedestructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareHagdos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoIt’s possible to upgrade a line like that, but it will involve a lot of cutting through hills or building bridges over valleys
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoIsn’t that fundamentally just making a new line?
minus-squareHagdos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoIt could take the same route, just flattening out the hills and valleys. If there are sharp corners that might not work, but even lower speed rail doesn’t really like sharp corners. They can be mitigated up to a certain point with banked curves.
It’s possible to upgrade a line like that, but it will involve a lot of cutting through hills or building bridges over valleys
Isn’t that fundamentally just making a new line?
It could take the same route, just flattening out the hills and valleys.
If there are sharp corners that might not work, but even lower speed rail doesn’t really like sharp corners. They can be mitigated up to a certain point with banked curves.