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 ...

allowing it to ride faster and smoother than a conventional train. Japan's maglev train is earmarked for deployment between Tokyo and Nagoya – a trip that takes five hours by car, but would only ...

The Central Japan Railway Co. is preparing to build a 290km magnetically levitated (maglev) train line between Tokyo and central Japan. The target speed for the train is 310 mph. Central Japan ...

In Japan 's Yamanashi prefecture, JR-Maglev MLX01 test trains have gone as fast as 361 mph by using superconducting magnets and electro-dynamic suspensions, or EDS.

GIFU -- Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai ... site of the Komamba tunnel for the Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev train line. The company attributed the problem to the excavation work loosening ...

A blink and you will miss it test ride on the maglev Chuo Shinkansen Line offers some idea of the potential of traveling at 500 kph. Central Japan Railway ... the L0 series train that has ...