LATHEN, Germany – A high-tech train traveling at 125 mph crashed in northwestern Germany on Friday, killing at least 23 people in the first fatal wreck involving the magnetic levitation system. The ...

If interstate construction isn’t your thing, how about some magnetic levitation train construction? The privately funded magnet train (or maglev) planned to link the Orlando International Airport and ...

An electromagnetic suspension line has received the green light to move forward in Orlando.Watch: Magnetic rail line approved for OrlandoThe train would be the first of its kind in the country, but ...

BEIJING – China successfully tested a locally made magnetic levitation train, the first time the country has achieved the feat without using foreign technology, state media reported Monday. The 20-ton ...

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 ...

Initial indications were that human error, not sophisticated maglev technology, was to blame for putting the maintenance vehicle on the track at the same time as the Transrapid train. The train was ...

Letter-writer Sam McCleneghan stands to be corrected. This is an excerpt from an article by Martin Fackler of the Associated Press: “Wednesday, Jan. 1, SHANGHAI, China – The sleek white train zipped ...

To get up to top speed, bullet trains have to pull a huge amount of electrical current from the grid. typically through unsightly overhead power lines. But this newly debuted train prototype from ...