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UK Ultraspeed was a proposed high-speed magnetic-levitation train line between London and Glasgow, linking 16 stations including Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle and six airports. It was rejected for development in 2007 by the UK government in favour of conventional high-speed rail. The company behind the proposal ceased efforts to promote it in early 2013. ==Proposal== The 2005 UK Ultraspeed proposal was submitted as part of the UK's general effort to upgrade train service. Transrapid, the only operational high-speed maglev system, backed the Ultraspeed group to promote their technology as an alternative to conventional high-speed train sets like those being used on High Speed 1. Transrapid is a joint venture of Siemens and ThyssenKrupp, both major suppliers to the transportation industry. The proposed 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UK Ultraspeed evidence to the Eddington Review )〕 route would have served cities currently served by both the West Coast Main Line and East Coast Main Line, with a spur serving Liverpool. Three stations served London; Heathrow Airport, a Park and Ride at the M1/M25 junction, and either Stratford or Kings Cross station.〔 The route roughly followed the West Coast line from London to Manchester, then turned slightly east towards Newcastle before roughly following the East Coast line to Edinburgh and Glasgow. Inter-city speeds would be as high as , reducing a London-Manchester trip by half, from about 128 minutes to a claimed 54. Additional savings in time were possible due to rapid acceleration, new station locations, and greatly simplified loading and unloading procedures. These advantages would reduce total trip time to below that of regional aircraft serving the same route.〔 The projected total cost was £29 billion including all guideways, land and 27 train sets. Ultraspeed was deliberately aimed at the same market as the proposed High Speed 2 (HS2). HS2's mainline runs from London to Birmingham, with branches to Manchester and Leeds respectively. In spite of being much shorter, at , HS2 was estimated to cost between £52 billion (UK Government) and £80 billion (Institute of Economic Affairs).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The High-Speed Gravy Train: Special Interests, Transport Policy and Government Spending )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UK Ultraspeed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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