Imagine standing on a platform, watching a train that appears to defy the laws of physics as it glides past at extraordinary speeds. This is the reality for reporters who recently witnessed the ...

When the record-breaking Shinkansen high-speed rail line opened in 1964, it was perfect timing. That year, Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics, and Japan hogged the spotlight to debut the world’s first ...

Maglev bullet trains promise a future where steel wheels and clattering rails give way to smooth, floating speed. Yet the ...

Although railway construction issues have pushed back the scheduled start of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line, improvements on ...

Yamanashi, Japan (WTNH) It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s not Superman. It’s a super fast Japanese bullet train. Tuesday in Yamanashi, Japan, a Japan Railway maglev train hit 603 kilometers per hour. In ...

With speeds topping 500 km/h, the SCMaglev is set to transform travel between Tokyo and Osaka, making the journey faster than ...

TOKYO, Japan, May 30, 2011 (ENS) – The Japanese government has signaled Central Japan Railway “to proceed with construction” of its magnetically levitated train line between Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.

Japan and China are racing to build a new type of ultra-fast, levitating train, seeking to demonstrate their mastery over a technology with big export potential. Magnetic levitation, or maglev, trains ...

CRRC touts the maglev’s lightness and durability as its strengths. The train can make the trip from Beijing to Shanghai in three and a half hours, including wait times, according to a 2019 estimate.

Yamanashi, Japan (WTNH) It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s not Superman. It’s a super fast Japanese bullet train. Tuesday in Yamanashi, Japan, a Japan Railway maglev train hit 603 kilometers per hour. In ...