The proposed Red Line, a standard-gauge, electrified light rail system, is both irrational and impractical. Dream on, ...

Wes Moore's high-speed train ride has prompted renewed attention on a decade-long plan to build a similar rail system along ...

When Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was in Japan expressing amazement at magnetic-levitation train technology, residents in the path of the proposed high-speed train back home were less than impressed.

A superconducting magnetic levitation train, also known as SCMaglev or Maglev for short, can travel at speeds up to 300 mph or faster. Project developers for a proposed Maglev train in the ...

In this three week storyline unit, students investigate a maglev train and the electromagnetic forces that cause a maglev train to levitate and provide the source of propulsion for the train. The ...

Delays have also been a theme in Japan. The 26.6-mile stretch of the maglev train that Maryland officials rode both in 2015 and on Saturday is part of a larger future line planned between the ...

The visit to the Maglev Prefecture Center, nestled in the mountains about 60 miles west of Tokyo, was the first stop on an ...

What’s wrong with using LEGO as a research platform for a Maglev? This team has been doing ... This is used to push the train up to speed, as well as slow it down for braking.

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 ...

It’s not clear whether the technology will be used to power actual trains in the future – the fastest MagLev train travels at 366mph – but this is an amazing accomplishment. Check out the ...

The maglev interior is slightly smaller than the bullet trains now in operation. There are also only four seats to a row, compared to the five now in use in Shinkansen trains. The window size is ...