While China, with a maglev train hitting 650 km/h (404 mph) in just seven seconds, might regard the achievement as cute, it ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

The train was manufactured by Transrapid International, a joint company of Siemens and ThyssenKrupp. The track is operated mostly as an exhibition aimed at showing off Germany's advanced maglev ...

Based on German technology, the Maglev trains fly along an elevated track, the powerful magnets providing a super-smooth, friction-free ride. Using experience gained from more than a decade of ...

WASHINGTON - There are only two high-speed magnetic levitation train systems currently in operation, in Germany and Japan, each with differing technologies and features.

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 - ...

Maglev train crash in Germany kills 23 (AP) Updated: 2006-09-23 08:37. Lathen, Germany - A high-tech train that floats on powerful magnetic fields smashed into a maintenance car on an elevated ...