The much-ballyhooed magnetic levitation train line project linking Tokyo with Nagoya has been stuck in limbo since Shizuoka Prefecture refused to allow construction for what could be one of the ...

Currently, the bullet train (Shinkansen) is the fastest way to travel this distance, taking around 2 hours and 30 minutes on ...

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 ...

TOKYO -- The government has given the green light for construction of a maglev train line between Tokyo and Nagoya, a project expected to stimulate the economy by deepening the tourism and business ...

China has set a new world record by testing its fastest maglev train, which reached a speed of 700 km per hour in just 2 seconds, moving so quickly that it is almost impossible to track with the naked ...

Reply to DMC27. The Maglev train has quite lower maintenance cost and almost no wearing and tearing compare to ordinary wheel on rail high speed train. Have wheels upto 160 kph which will then becom ...

China has stunned the global transport world after a Maglev Train reached an unbelievable 700 km/h in just two seconds. This breakthrough has set a fresh world record and pushed the limits of what a ...

BEIJING -- Lower-speed maglev train networks are springing up across China as the homegrown technology offers an economical urban transit alternative to subways.

On April 21st, the maglev train attempted to operate at a speed of 600km/h (about 374mph), the fastest operating speed in the world. At 10:27 a.m., the seven-car maglev slowly moved in the direction ...

another few 100 billion yen in overpriced bid rigging, all going on the taxpayers wallet, corruption in Japan is going to suck the life from Japan and its people. Its ...

JR Shinagawa Station and the site where a now-defunct train depot had been situated are pictured in this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on Dec. 9, 2017.