Conventional Indian railways and the advanced transportation systems: A comparative review

This paper presents the concepts of conventional electric traction system and the advanced transportation systems adopted for research and commercialization in Indian railways. A comparative study is presented on Conventional systems, Metro transit, Pendolino trains, Talgo transit system and Maglev technologies. The principle requirements, control mechanisms, merits and demerits of electromagnetic schemes of maglev systems are also presented. Static and dynamic model explanation is given to propose the control mechanism for the development of High Speed Transit System with Maglev effect.