Linear drive for track-guided means of land transportation or railway vehicles

A linear drive for track-guided land transportation or railway vehicles, comprising:

• a primary part and a secondary part fixed in magnetically active connection to the primary part,
• wherein the primary part comprises at least one first reaction track and the secondary part comprises a number of magnets,
• wherein the secondary part comprises at least one first magnetic wheel and at least one second magnetic wheel arranged parallel thereto and the number of magnets are arranged on the at least one first magnetic wheel and the at least one second magnetic wheel,
• wherein the at least one first reaction track is arranged between the first magnetic wheel and the second magnetic wheel and is magnetically actively connected thereto,
• wherein the secondary part is mechanically connected to a rotation drive such that, upon activation of the linear drive, eddy currents are generated in the at least one first reaction track by rotation of the secondary part, resulting in a driving force,
• wherein the secondary part is driven in translation relative to the primary part, and
• wherein when the secondary part, the first magnetic wheel, and the second magnetic wheel are arranged parallel to a horizontal plane, the activation of the linear drive generates a lifting force in a vertical direction perpendicular to the horizontal plane to lift the first and second wheels relative to the primary part.