Patent ID: 7866266

Claim:
A magnetic levitation train, comprising a plurality of vehicles arranged one after another in a longitudinal direction; compressed air supply units provided in the vehicles; and a plurality of consumer connection lines distributed over the magnetic levitation train with at least one consumer connection line in every vehicle, wherein each of said compressed air supply units has at least two compressed air lines which in a coupled status of said vehicles are connected to form respectively at least two independent compressed air strands each extending over all vehicles of the magnetic levitation train, wherein each of said compressed air strands is connected to at least one compressed air source, and wherein said consumer connection lines are selectively connectable directly to one or another of said compressed air strands in such a manner that on failure of one of said compressed air strands said consumer connection lines can be supplied with compressed air by another of said compressed air strands and wherein each vehicle comprises only one compressed air supply unit which is connected to one of said strands so that at least two vehicles are provided to supply said at least two independent compressed air strands.