China has been using maglev trains since the debut of the Shanghai maglev train in 2004. That train only travels 19 miles, but it manages the distance in seven minutes and 20 seconds, reaching ...

China claims it has set a new world speed record for a maglev train after a prototype reached a speed of 650km/h in just 7 ...

Twenty-three people died and 10 were injured when an elevated magnetic train ploughed into a maintenance vehicle in north-western Germany. The train, which floats on a monorail via a magnetic ...

The researchers at the Donghu Laboratory in Central China's Hubei Province have successfully tested a maglev train which runs ...

New technology in maglev trains ensures high acceleration and top speed. However, the cost of building the lines remains high.

China’s ambitions don’t stop there. The second phase of testing aims to achieve the train’s full potential speed of 621 mph (1,000 km/h) on a 37-mile (60 km) track.

Passengers in China could soon stream ultra-high-definition videos or play online games on their smartphones while traveling ...

Implementing high-speed rail nationwide would be detrimental to these towns, in turn undermining key parts of the overall ...

China’s High-Speed Maglev. The new Maglev train has vacuum technology combined with magnetic levitation which can achieve a top speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour (621 mph).

The Shinkansen — Japanese for “new line” — made its impressive debut in October 1964, a few days before the Tokyo Olympics.