China's aerospace engineers are pushing ground transportation to its absolute limits, developing a near-supersonic maglev ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine gliding across long distances at nearly 400 miles per hour on a train that floats silently above its tracks. No rattling ...

Rail travel has come a long way from the slow chugging of steam engines. Today, the race for the fastest train has become a high-speed pursuit of groundbreaking technology, pushing the boundaries of ...

On a short stretch of track in northern China, a heavy block of engineering briefly moved with the urgency of a launched projectile. In a test that prioritised hardware limits over passenger comfort, ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The construction of what is intended to be the world’s fastest train, the Chuo Shinkansen Maglev, which is intended to ...

The federal government is pulling the plug after decades of grant spending and permit studies for a proposed 26.6-mile high-speed magnetic rail project between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., ...

Maglev transportation systems utilise magnetic levitation to eliminate mechanical contact between the vehicle and the guideway, thereby reducing friction and wear while enabling exceptionally ...

Aug. 1 (UPI) --U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Friday that the Federal Railroad Administration will cancel two grants totaling more than $26 million for the ...