Transrapid Maglev Monorail barn and development center

Transrapid is a German monorail system using magnetic levitation. Based on a patent from 1934, planning of an actual Transrapid system started in 1969. The test facility for the system in Emsland, Germany was completed in 1987, and in 1989 a Transrapid train reached a record-breaking speed of 436 kilometers per hour. Today the speed-record has exceeded 500 km/h (310 mph). The system is developed and marketed by Siemens AG and ThyssenKrupp.