Emsland test facility

Infobox Public transit
name=Emsland Test Facility

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imagesize=250px
locale=Emsland, Germany
transit_type=maglev
system_length=31.5 kilometres
began_operation=1984
lines=1
stations=1
ridership=
operator=Transrapid International|The Emsland Transrapid Test Facility (TVE) is a testing site for Transrapid trains in Emsland, Germany. The single track line runs between Dörpen and Lathen. Turning loops are at each end. The track is elevated for almost its entire length to allow continued farming and grazing of the land occupied.

Until the 2006 Lathen maglev train accident the trains often carried paying passengers, possibly to 'show off' the maglev trains. They regularly ran at up to 420 km/h. All runs, including those with passengers, were fully monitored, with the last car in the three car trains filled with monitoring computers and engineers.

The construction began in 1980.

The track was the site of the 2006 Lathen maglev train accident.

External links

* [http://www.calmaglev.org/default.php?getpage=pv&getsubpage=emsland Video]