China is racing to build a new kind of train that does not just rival jetliners, it threatens to redefine what “high speed” ...

When attendees to the 21st annual Maglev conference arrive at Inchon Airport in Korea this week, they'll be whisked downtown on a brand new train that glides effortlessly on a field of magnetic energy ...

Could a train possibly keep up with a Boeing 737? China now holds the key to this problem with its T-Flight project. The idea ...

A blink and you will miss it test ride on the maglev Chuo Shinkansen Line offers some idea of the potential of traveling at 500 kph. Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) provided a trial run for media ...

Many ENR readers have watched with interest the recent debate over the proposed Las Vegas-to-Los Angeles high-speed rail corridor running along Interstate 15. Long viewed as a potential maglev project ...

I applaud the article, “‘It can be done’: Futuristic Japanese maglev train could revolutionize travel from DC to Baltimore, and beyond” (Oct. 27), for its thoroughness and insight into the pros and ...

March 05--Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell on Tuesday hosted a pitch for a super-high-speed, magnetically levitated train that could whisk riders from Philadelphia to New York City in 25 minutes ...

Conventional “steel wheel” train technology has reached the end of its evolution: Modern tweaking of rails and controls has only squeezed out another 70 mph or so of speed while raising maintenance ...

China is building new faster prototype maglev train line. China existing high-speed trains are almost all faster versions of conventional steel wheels on steel rail trains. China only has one 19-mile ...

A prototype high-speed maglev train with a top speed of 600 kilometers (km) per hour rolled off the assembly line in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province on Thursday, the Xinhua News Agency ...

Central Japan Railway Company's high-speed maglev train has been busy setting records and then breaking them again in the past week. Most recently, the test train hit a top speed of 603 km/h (375 mph) ...

A design sketch shows a high-speed maglev train that will be able to reach 600 kilometers per hour. [Photo provided to China Daily] A new prototype of a high-speed maglev train clocked 600 kilometers ...