High Speed Surface Transport
High Speed Surface Transport (HSST) is a Japanese maglev train system which uses electromagnetic levitation technology.[1] The Linimo line in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, uses a descendant of HSST technology.
An HSST train at the Expo '85 Exhibition, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 1985
An HSST train at the YES'89 Exhibition, Yokohama, 1989
A Linimo HSST-100L train
See also
- SCMaglev
- Transrapid
- Krauss-Maffei Transurban - Electromagnetic suspension technology had been transferred from Krauss-Maffei.
- ROMAG
Bibliography
- "Expo '85 At Tsukuba". Popular Mechanics: 102–105. May 1985.
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