North of England: Rapid Mass Transport System Debate
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Lords ChamberNow we are all very jealous—I too would love to go on that maglev. The noble Lord makes an important point: it is not just about the cost of infrastructure, but of operation, because it has a very high electricity consumption and can therefore be more costly to operate. I know that the Japanese system will be using superconducting electromagnetics, which should be cheaper but, although maglev has some great applications, it is not applicable everywhere.
My Lords, the time allowed for this Question has elapsed. We now come to the fourth Oral Question.