and huge investments.
The year-long collaborative agreement focuses on knowledge sharing and analyzing the Italian railway network to assess the technical and economic feasibility of implementing magrail technology on selected routes. The agreement also mentions technology acceleration, aimed at integrating it with the railway system.
In line with these activities, these two companies will apply for funding from the EU to conduct the first full-scale magrail system pilot on a test track in Bologna San Donato, which RFI owns.
Magrail is expected to become a new high-speed transport system superposed on and integrated with existing railway corridors. It will enable the introduction of a new mode of propulsion with linear motors and a new interface between newly-designed vehicles and the infrastructure, based on frictionless magnetic levitation. From a technical point of view, it will allow for interchangeable operations of conventional railway rolling stock and new, faster, magnetic-levitating vehicles on the same line.
It seems that Nevomo that started in the basements of the Warsaw University, is successfully competing with technology giants in the global Hyperloop competition. If those tests bring positive results, they might have a leg up with existing rail infrastructure.
