Editing Transrapid (section)

===Germany===

====High-speed competition====
The Transrapid originated as one of several competing concepts for new land-based high-speed public transportation developed in Germany. In this competition, the Transrapid primarily competed with the [[InterCityExpress]] (ICE), a high-speed rail system based on "traditional" railway technology. The ICE “won” in that it was adopted nationwide in Germany, however Transrapid development continued. A number of studies for possible Transrapid lines were conducted after the ICE had entered service, including a long-distance line from Hamburg to Berlin.

====Munich link====
The most recent German Transrapid line project, and the one that came closest to being built, having previously been approved, was an airport connection track from [[München Hauptbahnhof|Munich Central Station]] to [[Munich Airport]], a {{convert|40|km|adj=on}} project.  The connection between the train station and airport was close to being built, but was cancelled on 27 March 2008 by the German government, due to a massive overrun in costs. Prior to the cancellation, the governing party, the [[Christian Social Union of Bavaria]] (CSU), faced internal and local resistance, in particular [[NIMBY|from communities along the proposed route]]. The CSU had planned to position Transrapid as an example of future technology and innovation in Bavaria. German federal transport minister [[Wolfgang Tiefensee]] announced the decision after a crisis meeting in [[Berlin]] at which industry representatives reportedly revealed that costs had risen from €1.85 billion to well over €3 billion ($4.7 billion).<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3219174,00.html| title=Germany Scraps Transrapid Rail Plans| publisher=Deutsche Welle| date=27 March 2008| access-date=27 March 2008}}</ref> This rise in projected costs, however was mostly due to the cost estimates of the construction of the tunnel and related civil engineering after the designated operator [[Deutsche Bahn AG]] shifted most of the risk-sharing towards its subcontractors - and not due to the cost of the maglev technology.{{original research inline|date=December 2013}}