An Entire Comparison of Maglev and High-Speed Railway Systems

Abstract

The decision making and realization of maglev and traditional high-speed railway projects may be based on a multi-level and multi-criteria decision. Several criterions from different areas are playing a decisive role and have to get involved into the decision making. Economical, ecological, political, technical and technological aspects coexist. They may be evaluated from the views of users, operators, society and politics. In traditional decision making of railway projects traffic, economic and ecological aspects are standing in the front. But this general practice is to question for new transportation systems like the maglev system Transrapid. The evaluation should also take aspects from the fields of the national economy and the industry into adequate account. Against this background, an entire approach for comparing maglev and high-speed railway systems is recommended, which bases on a multi-dimensional and multi-criteria model. In conclusion, the entire approach is exemplified for the Transrapid and the German high-speed railway ICE.

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