Sujet

Birmingham Airport, Birmingham Maglev, Elmdon, Birmingham, Bickenhill, Solihull, 15/08/1983. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Birmingham Airport, Birmingham Maglev, Elmdon, Birmingham, Bickenhill, Solihull, 15/08/1983. Workmen inspecting a new Maglev car on the new Maglev system at Birmingham Airport near the end of its construction, with Birmingham International railway station beyond. The Maglev system at Birmingham Airport was the first commercial Maglev system in the world. It used frictionless magnetic suspension to drive passenger cars along an elevated guideway between the airport terminal and Birmingham International railway station. Three cars were installed, and each could transport up to 32 passengers and their luggage along the 620 metres of track in 1 minute 30 seconds. The Birmingham Maglev was opened in 1984.

Date

1983

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM22A00_232

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

99,4Mo (4,0Mo) / 56,2cm x 44,3cm / 6635 x 5237 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation England people male car work technology man men railways train engineering worker country guy compartment British airport English railway rail rails innovation location infrastructure century Britain inspecting first concept inspection Birmingham civil engineering magnetic train carriage magnetism B&W west midlands Eighties Construction Industry black & white black and white 1980s B W 20th century workers decade railway carriage TGN working photograph Unknown Maglev Historic England Birmingham Airport