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Category: | A general photo.: Event or temporary issue |
Tags: | emsland, lathen, maglev, transrapid |
Date time: | 11.48am, Wednesday 7th April, 2021 |
Time line: | Earlier | Later |
Facing: | North |
Added by: | kbrumann |
Copyright: | CC Attribution-Share Alike (by-sa) |
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Credit: | Klaas Brümann |
Maglev test track at Lathen. In 2006, 23 people were killed in an accident here, involving a Transrapid passenger train and a maintenance vehicle. The accident was discovered to have been caused by human failure. An emergency services worker observed that “the Transrapid has become a symbol of destruction and no longer one of optimistic times.”
The tarmac road connects to the next two (east-west) main roads further north.
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