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 ...

Europe is very close to making a huge move for its railway industry. A test by Italian firm IronLev has provided successful examples of how a magnetic levitation train, or maglev, might work on ...

Floating trains have glided closer to Europe after a pioneering trial of magnetic levitation — aka maglev. Italian firm IronLev, which developed the tech, claims to have completed the first-ever ...

Japan continues to set the standards for high-speed transport with its latest prototype, a magnet-powered train designed by Central Japan Railway Co. A prototype Series Lo train was unveiled at a test ...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. os Angeles-area port officials are planning to study whether magnetic levitation trains could be used to ferry cargo containers moving through the nation’s ...

A zero to 60 mph time of just under seven seconds is decent, but not too noteworthy. A zero to 100 mph in the same time would be astounding. But zero to 404 mph? Welcome to the future of trains, as ...

LATHEN, Germany -- Investigators were trying to determine today if controllers performed all the necessary safety checks before a high-speed magnetic train crashed into a maintenance vehicle, killing ...

We 100% agree with the recent commentary by Angelette C. Aviles about the maglev dream (“Why Maryland’s maglev dream doesn’t track,” April 21). Instead of a dream, the proposed maglev train has been a ...

LATHEN, Germany -- A high-speed magnetic train traveling at nearly 125 mph crashed Friday in northwestern Germany, killing at least 15 people and injuring 10 in the first fatal wreck involving the ...