A nation with technology at its heart, Japan is already home to a dizzying array of high tech gadgets, gleaming skyscrapers and even restaurants staffed by robots. When it comes to transport the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trains that use magnets to levitate above the tracks might sound like something from Back to the Future, but the concept of magnetic levitation has been around for many years. Maglev trains, which use ...

Do you like trains? Do you like the future? Then, boy, does Ed Rendell have an idea you’ll love: Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell on Tuesday hosted a pitch for a super-high-speed, magnetically ...

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 ...

A Japanese company said its magnetic levitation train set a speed record this week, reaching 366 mph on a test track. The Central Japan Railway Co., often called JR Central, said the test run involved ...