The Shanghai Transrapid maglev train at a station in Shanghai, Nov. 9, 2009. Photo by: MARSHALL ALLEN / LAS VEGAS SUN A newly created alliance of local transit agencies will try to persuade federal ...

A throng of waiting riders in Bremen, Germany, this spring watched the three-car train rise 10 mm off the 400-volt DC rail track, levitated by a bay of magnets that are repelled by reaction rails ...

The proponents of a maglev train line between Las Vegas and Southern California say a Chinese government-controlled bank has agreed to loan up to $7 billion to help build the high-speed transportation ...

LATHEN, Germany – A high-tech train that floats on powerful magnetic fields smashed into a maintenance car on an elevated test track Friday, killing 23 people – the first fatalities on a maglev train.

The July 25 Review-Journal article "Comparing, contrasting Southern Nevada train proposals" is sprinkled with quotes from Anthony Perl, who is described as a California-based "think tank" consultant.

The planned construction of the high-tech Transrapid maglev train in Bavaria has been cancelled due to massive cost increases, Germany's transportation minister announced on Thursday. "The Munich ...

Germany plans to go ahead with a high-speed magnetic levitation train project that was called into question after a deadly accident last year, daily newspaper Die Welt reported on Thursday. Subscribe ...

China may eschew foreign technology for a proposed high-speed rail line between Shanghai and Hangzhou to slash costs by a third, a Shanghai rail official said on Tuesday in the latest blow for Germany ...

The Transrapid in Shanghai has set a new world for commercial railway systems of 501 kmh (311 mph). The maglev (magnetic levitation) train, which has no wheels, axels, engine or transmission, broke ...