Campaign to save 1960s 'hovertrain'

[jbswagger]

Campaign to save 1960s 'hovertrain'.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/41268817/museum-in-bid-to-preserve-1960s-uk-hovertrain

I'd never heard of this, seems a crazy idea.

[toastyhamster]

Always wondered what that was going thru PBoro on the ECML.

[Simpo Two]

Try http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headline...

What's crazy, the hovertrain or the campaign to save it?

Here's what the Japs did with it: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/21/japa...

[Flying Phil]

I seem to remember that there was a Maglev train linking Birmingham airport rail station to the airport terminal back in the 1970's?

[Yipper]

Flying Phil said:

I seem to remember that there was a Maglev train linking Birmingham airport rail station to the airport terminal back in the 1970's?

Brum's magnetic train was open from 1984 to 1995.

Britain's 1960s hovertrain was 5-10 years ahead of the Germans and Japanese, but, like most everything, the country just "gave up" on it and let others take the win.

http://www.odec.ca/projects/2007/zhou7d2/history.h...

[hammo19]

Went past this on Sunday - it looks like something we need to preserve....