Rare Construction Photos from Go Urban  Maglev Test Track at Toronto Exhibition Grounds 1974 All eyes were on Ontario in 1973-74 as German firm Krauss-Maffeir had been awarded a $16 million contract by the government of Ontario to build an experimental single-track. The 2.5 mile elevated people moving magnetic levitation train track loop which would be ready for testing in 1974 and use in the summer of 1975. Building Test Track at Exhibition Grounds 1974 The German firm would set up a new company in Ontario to produce parts for the system, a company that would be 51% Canadian owned. Another part of the deal iwas the Ontario government gets potential valuable licensing rights in Canada for present and future intermediate capacity transit technology developed by Krauss-Maffeir. Ontario set up a special company to licence the rights Ontario Transportation Development Corp. The test track would be at the Canadian Exhibition grounds. Maglev trains are lifted above a concrete ...