High-speed, maglev trains capable of reaching speeds 215 miles per hour are nothing new for China’s sprawling transportation system. But a recent announcement from government officials triples that ...

(Central Japan Railway Co.'s Maglev train, which is levitated and propelled forward by magnetic force, speeds at an 18.4 kilometre test track in Tsuru, west of Tokyo June 10, 2004.Reuters/Yuriko Nakao ...

China is pushing the boundaries of high-speed rail technology with its ambitious development of maglev trains that could revolutionize travel within the country. Passengers in China could soon stream ...

A superconducting maglev test rig in China accelerated from 0 to 700 km/h in just two seconds on a 400-metre track run by the National University of Defense Technology, a dramatic stress test that ...

Researchers at China’s Southwest Jiaotong University recently built a prototype for a “super maglev,” a track that carries a train at incredibly high speed using magnetic levitation (maglev). What ...

China says its maglev hyperloop train has broken the world speed record in a test run, reaching a blistering 387 mph (623 km/h). Ultimately, its makers want to build a train more than three times as ...

China has pushed magnetic levitation technology into a new speed class after a dramatic test. On Thursday, state broadcaster CCTV aired footage showing researchers from the National University of ...

Earlier this week, everyone was banging on about Virgin Hyperloop, the train in a tube that’ll supposedly be able to hit speeds of 1,000 kph (620 mph) when it’s finished. More specifically, everyone ...