As reported by the „railvolution“ blog, on 3 June 2020 the Max Bögl group sent a two-section maglev unit of the Transport System Bögl (TSB) with one of the world’s largest transport aircraft, Antonov 124-100, to Chengdu. This is the next milestone for the finalisation of the 3.5 km demonstration track for the new type of local passenger transport system which will start operation in the summer.
After the prototype vehicles which have been tested in Sengenthal (northern Bavaria) in the past few months and in China in parallel test runs, the first German unit made its way to China in early June. On the way to its destination, the vehicles were first loaded onto trucks at the Max Bögl group’s headquarters in Sengenthal and transported to München airport. From there, they were transported over 7,500 km to Chengdu. The TSB team together with the Chinese partner company Xinzhu will commission the vehicle which will now have test runs of passenger service.
