Transport System Bögl (TSB) is a

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system for driverless trains developed by the German construction company

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since 2010. Its primary intended use is for short to medium distances (up to 30 km) and speeds up to 150 km/h for uses such as

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s. The company has been doing test runs on an 820 meter long test track at their headquarters in

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since 2012 clocking over 100,000 tests covering a distance of over 65,000 km as of 2018.

Technical data

Chinese joint venture

In 2018 Max Bögl signed a joint venture with the Chinese company Chengdu Xinzhu Road & Bridge Machinery Co. Ltd. to build a 3.5 km test track in

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, China. The Chinese partner is to be given exclusive rights of production and marketing for the system in China. In 2020 the first cars intended for use on the Chinese test track were carried by truck to

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and then flown by

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cargo plane to their destination for a planned entry into test-service later that year.

Proposals for use as airport shuttle

In February 2020 the German ministry of transportation announced a feasibility study for the use of TSB at

. In June 2020 the CDU Berlin (then in opposition at the state level) proposed to build a line of the TSB to

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citing alleged cost benefits as compared to an extension of the

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References

External links

Transport System Bögl
- company website including technical specifications. {{Automated trains and fixed-guideway transit Driverless Maglev