destructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL the UK built a working hovertrain prototype in the 1970s and then abandoned ityoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down16cross-posted to: publictransport@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1160arrow-down1external-linkTIL the UK built a working hovertrain prototype in the 1970s and then abandoned ityoutu.bedestructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square33linkfedilinkcross-posted to: publictransport@slrpnk.net
minus-squareMustakrakish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI imagine they’d have less wear and tear and would require less maitenence would they not? Potentially at least depending on how they hover.
minus-squareLazhward@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoTrains already don’t require much maintenance, they’re quite simple machines, which is one of their main benefits.
minus-squareGoldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe magnet for them is easily damaged by weather and the bending in curves
I imagine they’d have less wear and tear and would require less maitenence would they not? Potentially at least depending on how they hover.
Trains already don’t require much maintenance, they’re quite simple machines, which is one of their main benefits.
The magnet for them is easily damaged by weather and the bending in curves