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 Co. (JR Tokai) provided a trial run for ...

(JR Tokai) announced on March 29 that the Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line will not begin ... construction work within its jurisdiction for the maglev line that would link Tokyo with Nagoya.

At 500 kilometres an hour, the Maglev could revolutionise rail travel. But it’s also causing plenty of controversy.

The Maglev travels past Mt Fuji ... deputy chief of Chuo-Shinkansen Promotional Headquarters, told journalists in a briefing last month. “Due to the length of the mountains that needs to ...

Central Japan Railway Co. said Thursday it has temporarily halted construction work on a new high-speed maglev train line between Tokyo and Nagoya after water and bubbles appeared from the ground in a ...

The Linear Chuo Shinkansen will connect Tokyo ... has recently approved a boring survey in preparation for the maglev train line's construction, amid concerns the geological survey ahead of ...

Since it first opened in 1964, Japan's high-speed rail system has been one of the country's most celebrated achievements. These trains, called Shinkansen, are known to English speakers as bullet ...

When completed, the Linear Chuo Shinkansen will cover the 285.6 km between Tokyo and Nagoya in just 40 minutes. That's right. When you want to raise the speed of the railway line, you have to ...

Returns are enhanced by extra charges for seat reservations, first class seats, and non-Shinkansen express trains. The company's focus is on building the new magnetic levitation, or maglev ...