LATHEN, Germany – A high-tech train traveling at 125 mph crashed in northwestern Germany on Friday, killing at least 23 people in the first fatal wreck involving the magnetic levitation system. The ...

China is racing to build a new kind of train that does not just rival jetliners, it threatens to redefine what “high speed” even means on land. Engineers are now testing a magnetic levitation system ...

China has set a new benchmark in high-speed rail technology, with a Maglev prototype reaching 800 km/h in just 5.3 seconds, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The sleek train lying abandoned on campus is called “maglev” — short for magnetic levitation. But students at Old Dominion University have their own name for the futuristic vehicle: ...

Chinese scientists set a new world record as a superconducting maglev train reached 700 km/h in just two seconds, ...

In China, a new “sky train” system glides 33 feet above street level without using any electricity or fuel at all. The 2,600-foot-long, 88-passenger Red Rail in southern China’s Xingguo country is the ...

China has tested the world's fastest maglev train, reaching 700 km/h during a recent run, showcasing advanced technology that ...

Initial indications were that human error, not sophisticated maglev technology, was to blame for putting the maintenance vehicle on the track at the same time as the Transrapid train. The train was ...

Chinese researchers achieved a historic breakthrough by accelerating a superconducting maglev train to 700 km/h in just two ...

A Japanese railroad will invest $3.1 billion to develop high-speed magnetic trains over the next decade, the company said Monday, just days after a crash of an experimental magnetic train in Germany ...

Switzerland again is jousting with its critics in the European Union, over a subject dear to the Continent’s heart: making the trains run on time. Actually, the issue is making rail travel faster. And ...

An electromagnetic suspension line has received the green light to move forward in Orlando.Watch: Magnetic rail line approved for OrlandoThe train would be the first of its kind in the country, but ...