High Speed Surface Transport

Japanese train system
An HSST train at the Expo '85 Exhibition, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 1985
An HSST train at the YES'89 Exhibition, Yokohama, 1989
A Linimo HSST-100L train

High Speed Surface Transport (HSST) is a Japanese maglev train system which uses electromagnetic levitation technology.[1] The Linimo line in Aichi Prefecture, Japan uses a descendant of HSST technology.

See also

  • SCMaglev
  • Transrapid
  • Krauss-Maffei Transurban - Electromagnetic suspension technology had been transferred from Krauss-Maffei.
  • ROMAG

References

  1. ^ japanese high speed surface transportation maglev technology (hsst)

Bibliography

  • "Expo '85 At Tsukuba". Popular Mechanics: 102–105. May 1985.
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