DALLAS – Maryland will fund a preliminary engineering analysis of a proposed $10 billion magnetic levitation train line between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., with a $27.8 million grant from the ...
Maglev trains have long been touted as the new dawn for train technology. Despite keen and eager interest in the mid-20th century, development has been slow, and only limited commercial operations ...
The construction of what is intended to be the world’s fastest train, the Chuo Shinkansen Maglev, which is intended to link Tokyo to Nagoya, with a potential future extension to Osaka, is currently ...
The city is hosting the 2020 Olympic games -- maglev is set to be officially unveiled in 2027 When the record-breaking Shinkansen high-speed rail line opened in 1964, it was perfect timing. That year, ...
Maglev rail projects have a 100% failure rate in U.S. To the Editor: The recent op-ed written by Mark Stull on abandoning the idea of commuter rail in New Hampshire is sorely misinformed. Mr. Stull is ...
The train will be used on the Qingyuan line, which is China’s first tourism-dedicated low-speed maglev line. Construction of the line started in December 2017. The new train is part of the ...
After a four-day halt of air travel a year ago, this country's need for an efficient high-speed ground transportation system became even more obvious in the wake of Sept. 11. Now, Congress is ...