Japan and China are locked in a high-speed rail race to build the world’s fastest train, with next-generation maglev ...

Japan and China are developing 600 km/h maglev trains that could rival air travel on journey time, with Japan’s train already ...

(For related story see [ID:nSHA333677]) Jan 15 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Shanghai residents protested at the weekend against plans to extend the city's magnetic levitation, or "maglev", train route into ...

China has revealed a prototype for a new high-speed Maglev train that is capable of reaching speeds of 620 kilometers (385 miles) per hour. The train runs on high-temperature superconducting (HTS) ...

Imagine gliding across long distances at nearly 400 miles per hour on a train that floats silently above its tracks. No rattling wheels, no jolts, just a smooth, whisper-quiet ride. This is the ...

Magnetic levitation, or maglev, technology has been around since the 1940s, but it's only now coming into focus as a means of high-speed transit. There are several maglev train systems spread ...

Japan's Tōkaidō Shinkansen or "bullet train" became the first high-speed rail system in 1964 as it achieved a speed above 124 mph (200 km/h). IBT Graphics High-speed trains are once again gaining ...

(Updates throughout, adds protest ends) By Royston Chan and Sophie Taylor SHANGHAI, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people marched through China's financial hub of Shanghai on Saturday protesting a ...

Unlike normal trains, maglev trains use magnetic forces to lift the train above the track, which allows them to travel at ...