A levitated train is propelled by a system including at least a pair of wheels in cotact with a rail head. The rail head has a horizontal top surface and two vertical sides on either side of the horizontal top surface. A wheel of each wheel assembly has a cylindrical side face with flanges at the top and bottom. The cylindrical face of each of the wheels is in contact with the sides of the rail. The wheel assembly is power driven by a corresponding motor to impart motion to the train. The train is provided with a plurality of such wheel assemblies to be propelled along a rail track. The width of the wheels is greater than the width of the rail head. The flanges on the side of the wheels in a wheel assembly limit the freedom of motion of the train during the levitation.

A railway vehicle is provided, including: a floor, where an opening portion is provided on the floor, two wheel removal and mounting floor panels are disposed in the opening portion, a sub-opening portion is defined between the two wheel removal and mounting floor panels, a wheel is disposed at the sub-opening portion, a part of the wheel passes through the sub-opening portion and protrudes from an upper surface of the floor, the two wheel removal and mounting floor panels are respectively located on two sides of the wheel in a radial direction, and both the two wheel removal and mounting floor panels are detachably connected to the floor; and a wheel cover, covering an upper side of the wheel, and being connected to the two wheel removal and mounting floor panels.

A rail vehicle is provided, including: a floor, where an opening portion is formed in the floor, and the opening portion includes a wheel inspection opening and a wheel mounting opening; a wheel, disposed at the wheel mounting opening, where a part of the wheel passes through the wheel mounting opening and protrudes from an upper surface of the floor, and a wheel cover covers an upper side of the wheel; and an inspection floor panel, detachably connected to the wheel inspection opening, where the wheel inspection opening is located on one side of the wheel in a left-right direction of the rail vehicle.

A continuous serpentine concrete beamway forming system and method for creating a hollow continuous serpentine concrete beamway are disclosed. The continuous serpentine concrete beamway forming system and method utilizes a flexible form material that has the ability to conform to curves, angles, and slopes of a target beamway system as intended. The flexible form material is used to form an armature that embodies a precise pathway of the target beamway system. The armature is contiguous throughout a plurality of connected beamway segments that collectively make up the target beamway system and that are precisely aligned to conform to the curves, angles, and slopes of the target beamway system. A part of the armature creates grooves on the surfaces of the connected beamway segments. The grooves are subsequently used to guide machinery that grinds the running surfaces to precise tolerances. Precise alignment is achieved as a result of the grooves being formed in a continuous fashion, thereby allowing the grinding machines to cross from one beamway segment to the next.

A continuous serpentine concrete beamway forming system and method for creating a hollow continuous serpentine concrete beamway are disclosed. The continuous serpentine concrete beamway forming system and method utilizes a flexible form material that has the ability to conform to curves, angles, and slopes of a target beamway system as intended. The flexible form material is used to form an armature that embodies a precise pathway of the target beamway system. The armature is contiguous throughout a plurality of connected beamway segments that collectively make up the target beamway system and that are precisely aligned to conform to the curves, angles, and slopes of the target beamway system. A part of the armature creates grooves on the surfaces of the connected beamway segments. The grooves are subsequently used to guide machinery that grinds the running surfaces to precise tolerances. Precise alignment is achieved as a result of the grooves being formed in a continuous fashion, thereby allowing the grinding machines to cross from one beamway segment to the next.

In a method for producing different rail variants from an assembly set, and system having a vehicle which is movable on a rail part, the assembly set includes a rail profile part and two different reactive components, and the rail profile part includes an interface at which one of the different reactive components is optionally able to be connected.

In a method for producing different rail variants from an assembly set, and system having a vehicle which is movable on a rail part, the assembly set includes a rail profile part and two different reactive components, and the rail profile part includes an interface at which one of the different reactive components is optionally able to be connected.

An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a monorail system configured and arranged for displacing at least one maintenance device configured and arranged for machining substantially vertically extending surfaces. Another aspect is directed to a maintenance system consisting of at least one maintenance device which is displaceable on the monorail system.

An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a monorail system configured and arranged for displacing at least one maintenance device configured and arranged for machining substantially vertically extending surfaces. Another aspect is directed to a maintenance system consisting of at least one maintenance device which is displaceable on the monorail system.

A rail-guided vehicle is capable of accurately determining an abnormality of a position of rail peripheral equipment. The rail-guided vehicle travels along a rail. The rail-guided vehicle is provided with: a vehicle body including a body part and a traveling part; a light projecting/receiving sensor and contact type sensors provided in the vehicle body that each detect a position of rail peripheral equipment; and a length measuring sensor that measures behavior of the vehicle body at the time of detection of the rail peripheral equipment by the light projecting/receiving sensor and the contact type sensors.