Test run offers hope for a rail system long past its best-before date Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Siemens Mobility have managed to get an ICE test train to 405 km/h (251 mph) on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle ...

The maglev, which has a top speed of more than 500km/h (310mph), is regarded as a symbol of German technological prowess. However, the maglev project suffered a set back in September 2006 when a train ...

A high-tech train that floats on powerful magnetic fields smashed into a maintenance car on an elevated test track Friday, killing 23 people and injuring 10 — the first fatalities on a maglev train.

New technology in maglev trains ensures high acceleration and top speed. However, the cost of building the lines remains high ...

Fire on maglev train a heavy blow to Germany Germany's El Mundo newspaper reported that a carriage of one of the world's first and the only commercial maglev train caught fire in the afternoon of ...

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 and injuring 10 - the first ...

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 and injuring 10 — the first ...

The train is on show Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 11-12, 2016, to would-be buyers at a former test track in northwestern Germany, near the Dutch border. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach, File) ...

Tourists can sometimes ride the train for fun, but otherwise it is primarily used for selling Germany’s maglev technology. Kevin Coates, a technology consultant in Maryland and former spokesman ...

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 and injuring 10 - ...

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 and injuring 10 – the first fatalities on ...