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Not All The Trains Are The Same, These Are Some of The Variations Around The World

This document discusses different types of trains around the world. It describes monorails that run on a single rail and are used in several cities and airports. It also explains maglev trains, which float above the track using magnetic levitation and can reach speeds up to 650 km/h. Additionally, it notes that rubber-tired trains run on tracked roadways and have been implemented in various cities. Funiculars use cables to go up and down hills while cog railways employ a rotating cog wheel to safely climb steep slopes.

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Not All The Trains Are The Same, These Are Some of The Variations Around The World

This document discusses different types of trains around the world. It describes monorails that run on a single rail and are used in several cities and airports. It also explains maglev trains, which float above the track using magnetic levitation and can reach speeds up to 650 km/h. Additionally, it notes that rubber-tired trains run on tracked roadways and have been implemented in various cities. Funiculars use cables to go up and down hills while cog railways employ a rotating cog wheel to safely climb steep slopes.

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Not all the trains are the same , these are


some of the variations around the world

* A monorail train runs on a single rail, instead of


on a track or two rails.it is either suspended
from the rail or straddles it .The Tokyo
Monorail in Japan carries 100 million
passengers a year . There are also monorails in
Malaysia , Australia and the USA . Several
American airports have monorails ,as does
Disney World in Florida

MONORAIL

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The name maglev comes from the words magnetic and levitation .
These trains do not run on a track , but float above it by means of
magnetic repulsion . The lack of contact means there is no friction, so
trains can travel very smoothly at high speeds-up to 650 km/h and
use little energy . A new 160km Maglev line is being built in 2006-10 to
connect Shanghai to Hangzhou ,china . It will be the worlds first intercity Maglev service.

* These electric trains run along a tracked road

way on rubber tyres . They are quiet,and can


accelerate quickly and tackle slopes.They first
ran in Paris in the 1950s and have been
introduced in other French cities as well as in
Santiago,Chile,Mexico city and
Montreal,Canada.

* Funiculars are designed to go up and down

steep hills or mountains . Cars are drawn up by


cables and descend by gravity

* Cog railways are mountain railways .The train has a

rotating cog wheel that meshes with a rack rail , enabling


the train to climb steep slopes safely

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