The rise and fall of Germany's maglev supertrain
Nestled in the German hinterland sits a test site for a technology that was supposed to change how we move from A to B: The Transrapid, a levitating train, gliding along at speeds of up to 450 km/h. But today, the tracks, which one saw flocks of visitors hop on a test ride, are abandoned. What happened? #PlanetA #Maglev #Transrapid Reporter: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann Video Editor: Frederik Willmann Supervising Editor: Adam Baheej Adada, Michael Trobridge Factcheck: Jeannette Cwienk Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Special thanks to Markus Bauer, CEO of thyssenkrupp Transrapid International GmbH, for a detailed background interview and providing archive footage. Read More: Overview of maglev trains: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd7... News article written after 2006 accident: https://www.spiegel.de/international/... David Harder's website (in German): https://magnetbahn.de/ Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:27 The Transrapid dream 04:15 The TR07 05:30 How it works 07:00 Why it failed 10:10 Comeback? 14:44 The TR09 We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. We'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Follow Planet A on TikTok: / dw_planet
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