This is a massive win for travellers hoping to hit Japan's most popular cities. The first leg of the Chuo Shinkansen line ...

At 603 km/h, the new maglev train sets a record and changes how distance is experienced. The remarkable part is not just that the maglev train hits 603 km/h, but that it appears completely normal and ...

The longest, largest, and fastest maglev train in the world, situated at the Yamanashi test track in Japan, has restarted public testing. The test track has recently been extended to 42.8 kilometers ...

Maglev trains promise ultra-fast, smooth and low-carbon travel, but vibration caused by complex interactions between trains, ...

For nearly 30 years, politicians in Southern Nevada and Southern California have promised to deliver high-speed transportation between the two areas, turning the four-hour Las Vegas-Los Angeles trek ...

Chinese scientists set a new world record as a maglev train reached 700 kilometers per hour in just two seconds. The experiment, conducted on December 25, used a 400-meter-long track and a nearly ...

A new floating bullet train capable of hitting speeds of 600 kilometers per hour (about 372 miles/hour) is one step closer to reality in China. On Thursday, the body prototype for the country’s latest ...

When you see the Japanese L0 Series maglev train at full speed, it can be hard to spot the potential (extremely costly) failure. Some of that is down to speed. Propelled by superconducting magnets, a ...

LATHEN, Germany - A high-tech train that floats on powerful magnetic fields smashed into a maintenance car on an elevated test track Friday, killing 23 people and injuring 10 - the first fatalities on ...