Japan's maglev train is earmarked for deployment between Tokyo and Nagoya – a trip that takes five hours by car, but would only take 40 minutes by maglev train – but not until 2027.

Six of the eight quickest trains in the world hail from East Asia - dwarfing the speed of the shuttles on the US railways ...

or maglev, feels like science fiction come to life¹. Using powerful electromagnetic fields, these vehicles float above the ground, bypassing friction entirely. Japanese researchers are pushing ...

The Central Japan Railway Co. is preparing to build a 290km magnetically levitated (maglev) train line between Tokyo and central Japan. The target speed for the train is 310 mph. Central Japan ...

A blink and you will miss it test ride on the maglev Chuo Shinkansen Line offers some idea of the potential of traveling at 500 kph. Central Japan Railway ... involved a five-car setup comprising ...

The much-ballyhooed magnetic levitation train line project linking ... what could be one of the world’s fastest trains. Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) initially planned to have the Chuo ...

Japan’s new Maglev train project is a bold vision for the country set to revolutionise train travel thanks to this high-speed rail line. The Maglev is still under construction between Tokyo and ...