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Given that there was a fire on a Transrapid train in Shanghai in August, and 23 died in a Transrapid accident in Germany last month is it cheeky to suggest that the statement made by Ultraspeed's Alan James that the maglev train system

Given that there was a fire on a Transrapid train in Shanghai in August, and 23 died in a Transrapid accident in Germany last month is it cheeky to suggest that the statement made by Ultraspeed's Alan James (

Feature

, 24 April) that the maglev train system is 'inherently safe' is simplistic?



Why not spend the £29bn on nuclear-power stations (that will kill fewer people for a start) to power a new generation of non-fossil fuelled cars?



Trains will only ever go to stations — cars take you and your luggage to where you want to be.



Robin Herrick, Caithness

Thank you for your timely observation about maglev safety, which we address in Viewpoint.