allowing it to ride faster and smoother than a conventional train. Japan's maglev train is earmarked for deployment between Tokyo and Nagoya – a trip that takes five hours by car, but would only ...

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 ...

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 ...

Magnetic levitation, or maglev, feels like science fiction come to life¹. Using powerful electromagnetic fields, these ...

When it enters service, the Maglev Chuo Shinkansen will be the world's fastest bullet train. A test run in 2015 ... Nagoya and Osaka. Central Japan Railway had planned to partially start the ...

Japan's maglev train just set a world record speed of 375 mph (over 600 kph) during a manned test run on April 21. Central Japan Railway plans to launch the service of the magnetically levitated ...

A rapid train came to an unexpected halt while crossing a bridge here on Nov. 10, stranding 150 passengers for some six hours ...

JR East, meanwhile, has said driverless bullet trains could be introduced from the mid-2030s. There is also a huge project underway to build a high-speed maglev -- magnetic levitation -- line in Japan ...

This is Japan’s ultrafast driverless Maglev train. The 129-metre-long bullet is barrelling at top speed around a 42.8-kilometre test track. The levitation is the Maglev’s superconducting ...

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 ... the L0 series train that has ...