• Swissmetro is a proposed Swiss transportation system based on vacuum-train (also known as vactrain) technology. It was invented by Swiss engineer Rodolphe...
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    2020. Swissmetro: An earlier project, Swissmetro AG envisioned a partially evacuated underground maglev (a vactrain). As with SwissRapide, Swissmetro envisioned...
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  • built.[citation needed] Starting in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Swissmetro was proposed to leverage the invention of the experimental German Transrapid...
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    Winterthur. Swissmetro: Swissmetro has previously had the vision of constructing an underground maglev rail system. As with SwissRapide, Swissmetro envisioned...
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    1986 to 1989, and then President from 1989 to 1997. He was president of Swissmetro SA from 1995 to 2003, the purpose of which was to promote and develop...
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    [citation needed] Swissmetro was a proposal to run a maglev train in a low-pressure environment. Concessions were granted to Swissmetro in the early 2000s...
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    an investment in a 3 mi (4.8 km) prototype of ET3's design. Hyperloop Swissmetro, a project started in 1974 Vactrain, first proposed 1914 "Welcome | The...
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  • impractical. As an alternative, it has been found during the main study of the Swissmetro project (1993 -1998) that a turbine can be installed on board of the vehicle...
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