25 years ago, the transrapid should be built
with the speed of 300 to hamburg! one hour journey. today, 25 years ago, on 2. march 1994, the federal government adopted the construction of the magnetschnellbahn from berlin to hamburg. 14.5 million passengers saw the planner per year between two cities - and herschweben, 20 000 per day and direction.
despite the horrendous prices, a ticket is 30 percent more expensive than a first-class ticket for the ice. these vivid imagination had to be to the project schönzurechnen. the cost increased faster and faster, the dream of floating collapsed five years after the decision of the cdu / fdp coalition government.
six billion "20 minutes" rail boss time gains expected from government
in early 2000, the newly appointed head of the government railway policy. the transrapid is a „betriebswirtschaftlicher millstone ", he is not" the neck ". mehdorns bill looks like this: six billion for 20 minutes time gains ", it is not. the train was late, but they came to happiness.
what are in the years before all kinds of plans of industry and policy, so that the "made in germany" - prestige project somewhere to go. in 1989 the transrapid from dusseldorf to cologne float, so was the decision by chancellor kohl. at this time were already 1.4 billion mark money invested in this project.
then came the reunification, berlin became suddenly in sight. an hour of floating, it was for west berlin, the leaning gdr tracks in the interzonenzügen after west germany gerumpelt were, of course, a revelation.
in 1992, the transrapid hamburg–berlin in the bundesverkehrswegeplan included. the decision of a transrapid was, at the same time, a counter rail, at that time what was concealed. the company was expanding its route berlin–hamburg speed is 160. it was a lot cheaper than the then standard 200, because from 160 km / h all level crossings must be eliminated.
railway stations in westkreuz, spandau, railway station...
at that time, was still not clear where the transrapid should start. originally, he losschweben in spandau, tv, and finally in the not yet built station. all visionaries saw trains on airports sperenberg or leipzig. still, the enthusiasm. der tagesspiegel reported in october 1998: "the plans for the construction of the magnetschnellbahn are in full swing. by the end of the year, all 20 ad for 292 kilometers long race started. "
but the costs rose faster, higher. out of eur 4.5 billion in 1993, 7.5 billion, independent reviewers called ten billion. a lot of money for a referenzstrecke so that industry can sell your product. with this funny looking promises were lured to brandenburg politician: in november 1997, informed the spokesperson of the „magnetschnellbahn - planning entity "(mpg), at the beginning of 1999 construction between the breakpoints of schwerin and perleberg.
between these two cities was the maglev experimental drive from 2002, and 90 jobs in perleberg transrapid work secure. in 1998, the red green government. she was in the coalition agreement, agreed to build the magnetschnellbahn only if the cost of the federal government will not increase.
the ice is, incidentally, in 90 minutes to hamburg, with speed of 230
in the abovementioned provides article from october 1998 was the green verkehrsexperte michael cramer to word. this coalition, said the politicians, the monorail „faktisch dead. " 14 months later reburied then government the transrapidstrecke to hamburg.
these plans remained to this day held a route between the spandau station and the shopping mall. this is, in the next few years, the small the spandau station to be extended. the ice is, incidentally, in 90 minutes to hamburg, with speed of 230.
many, many more transrapid dreams were spun after 2000 whether to moscow, in tenerife, schoenefeld, bavaria and north rhine westphalia. 2006 ended the myth, the accident of a testzuges transrapid abruptly died 23 people.(徳囯ASK电容器)