A hovertrain is a type of high-speed train that replaces conventional steel wheels with hovercraft lift pads, and the conventional railway bed with a paved road-like surface, known as the track or guideway. The concept aims to eliminate rolling resistance and allow very high performance, while also simplifying the infrastructure needed to lay new lines. Hovertrain is a generic term, and the vehicles are more commonly referred to by their project names where they were developed. In the UK they are known as tracked hovercraft, in the US they are tracked air-cushion vehicles. The first hovertrain was developed by Jean Bertin in the early 1960s in France, where they were marketed as the Aérotrain before being abandoned by the French government.
Duke Hospital PRT
Narita Airport Terminal 2 Shuttle System
Tracked Hovercraft test system, the RTV 31.
Aérotrain prototype #02
A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and various other surfaces.
RLG-innovations eurocraft, a Formula 1 racing hovercraft
SR.N4 hovercraft arriving in Dover on its last commercial route across the English Channel (1 October 2000)
U.S. Navy LCAC
Luftkissengleitboot replica