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German train crashes, injuring passengers

A Transrapid train carrying up to 30 people has crashed on a test run in northern Germany, injuring several passengers, police said on Friday.

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BERLIN: A Transrapid train carrying up to 30 people has crashed on a test run in northern Germany, injuring several passengers, police said on Friday.   
 
Police in the northwestern town of Lingen said that 20 to 30 people were on board and that several had been injured.   
 
The Transrapid is a high-speed monorail system that uses magnetic levitation.
 
The only operational use of the system is as a high speed shuttle to Shanghai airport.
 
The site in Emsland is a test facility.   
 
It was developed by Transrapid International, a joint venture between Siemens AG and ThyssenKrupp.
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