July 1, 2008

A Truly Nonstop Train

by Christine Huang

We’re curious to see how/if this concept develops: Peng Yu-lun of Taiwan has designed a literally non-stop train system, employing a continuously moving main carriage and top-mounted boarding shuttles that slide on and off at their appropriate stations. Passengers board the smaller shuttles at the platform and wait for the nonstop train to ’scoop’ up their carriage, which then attaches to the roof of the train as it passes through the station. The sliding carriages then detach and slow down at their destination stations as the continuously moving carriage travels on. Watch the video (audio is in Mandarin) to get a better understanding of how this potentially energy-saving system would work:

[via TreeHugger]

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3 Responses to “A Truly Nonstop Train”

  1. JC
    Posted from: 74.66.241.104

    July 1st, 2008 at 10:08 pm

    Please not that the person the video is not Peng Yu-lun. He’s someone called Chen Jian-Jun (as you can tell on the upper right hand corner). I don’t know who invented the concept, but this video has been carelessly circulated with erroneous information. You should make corrections accordingly.

  2. Vinicius
    Posted from: 200.189.165.173

    July 2nd, 2008 at 6:31 am

    it crossed my mind: what if someone don´t want to stop at that specific station, and maybe desire to go until the end of the line? have to wait another train?

  3. Rad Tollett
    Posted from: 24.75.137.250

    July 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 am

    I think this is bigger than energy efficiency. Take the Acela train for instance.

    Right now, they are planning to extend it’s NE corrider route from DC through Richmond. In doing so, they’ll have to remove some stops that people depend on for regional transportation. However, if a system could be built so that a high-speed, inter-city train could consistently run with a commuter system built on top of it, we could eventually have a more integrated rail system in the united states.

    Efficiency in energy and transport methods.

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