EDS Maglev System with Coil in Guideway

My guess is that any leviation related power consumption would be due to resistive loss in the induction magnets on the track. You might treat it as a static electromagnet to estimate the power consumption. Other forms of work done by or on the field would be electromagnetic radiation- no idea of the scale tho, or magnetic fields induced in other bodies. Otherwise, pushing it through the air will be like pushing anything else through the air, power needed is proportional to the velocity cubed.

I hear that many proposals have been investigated, to establish the feasability of Maglev 'shuttle trains' to 'fly' down evacuated tubes, possibly reaching ten times the speed mentioned; 3000+ mph? Also power requirements would be closer to the square, not cube of velocity.

In the aforementioned 'Vacuum Tube Maglev Train', Permanent magnets may prove more suitable than all electromagnet. Permanent magnets could also act as dynamic power recovery brakes. The incoming train could transfer a large proportion of it's potential braking energy, to power the accellerating outward bound train.