Comment on the «Chinese Swissmetro»

8 August, 2010
A Swissmetro pilot line provides urgently required traffic capacity and secures the technological leadership in the future market of sustainable mobility.

Swissmetro is threatened by the same fate as Transrapid. Developed with great effort in Europe, the maglev technology is employed in China respectively is there further developed. Thus know-how wanders off and technological leadership in the future market of sustainable mobility is lost.

Using Available Know-How!

It is time to redirect the course of the Swiss transport policy. Instead of a surface high-speed rail between Zurich and Bern, as advocated by Swiss Federal Railway president Ulrich Gygi, its time to use the work already undertaken and the existing know-how in the field of magnetic levitation technology in Switzerland.
With an above-ground high-speed train an expensive and outdated technology would be purchased from abroad. A Swissmetro pilot line, on the other hand, not only provides the very much needed transport capacity, but also serves as a showcase and ensures the technological leadership in a global growth market.

Growth Market Sustainable Mobility

Emerging countries like China and Brazil will make huge investments in their transportation infrastructure in the coming decades. Pro Swissmetro therefore calls on the politicians, not to miss the opportunity with a Swissmetro pilot line to place a strong signal for the economy and innovation in Switzerland.

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For information:
Philipp Eberhard
Kommunikation Pro Swissmetro
Tel. 076 200 84 19