Passive detection system for levitated vehicle or levitated vehicle system

A passive detection system for a levitated vehicle system including a levitated vehicle and a guideway, said passive detection system comprising:

• a plurality of track circuits, each of said track circuits including a detection loop having a cable with a first end, a length and a second end, each of said track circuits also including a transmitter electrically connected to the first end of the cable and adapted to source a signal to the detection loop, and a receiver electrically connected to the second end of the cable and adapted to sense said signal from the detection loop;
• a plurality of members adapted to support said track circuits with respect to the guideway of said levitated vehicle system;
• an inductor core including two openings adapted to receive the length of the cable of one of said track circuits and two openings adapted to avoid the first and second ends of said cable, said inductor core adapted to change the sensed signal of the receiver of said one of said track circuits in order to detect a presence of said levitated vehicle at a corresponding one of the detection loops;
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• a member adapted to support said inductor core from said levitated vehicle.