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Your go-to source for the latest developments in maglev technology. From record-breaking speed tests and new route announcements to infrastructure investments and regulatory updates, we cover the stories shaping the future of magnetic levitation transit – as they happen, from every corner of the globe.
Development and Reform Commission of Shenzhen has issued a feasibility plan for a second high-speed rail parallel to the existing Guangzhou-Shenzhen line. The Guangzhou-Shenzhen high-speed maglev intercity railway planning study will analyze possible routes as well as viability. The line…
The use of magnetic levitation is so versatile that only the human imagination is the limit. One brilliant outcome is this magnetically levitated moon lamp. Designed and built around the maglev technology using the advantages of contactless spinning. The realistic…
The one place that every fan of this incredible technology should try visiting could not be anywhere else but in Japan. The Maglev Exhibition Center is located in the Yamanashi Prefecture, and you might have already guessed it, it is…
The earliest patents for electromagnetic transportation systems date back to the beginning of the 20th century. Hermann Kemper, a German inventor, filed a series of patents in the late ’30s for a technology that uses magnetic levitation trains propelled by…
This is possibly as close as you can get to the L0 Series SCMaglev for the time being. Takara Tomy created a beautifully crafted 1/187 scale model of the L0 Series maglev train. The model is approved by JR Tokai.…
We compare state-of-the-art German rail technology from the same era. The Intercity-Express 3 conventional train, which was introduced in 2000, and it’s the fastest train in Germany to this date, and the Transrapid 08 maglev train which was unveiled just…
Transrapid is a German-made technology designed to transport people on high-speed maglev lines. Siemens AG and ThyssenKrupp Transrapid GmbH were behind this project. Transrapid is a combination of two Latin words: trans as “over” and rapid which means “fast”. The…
The world has changed a lot since the introduction of the first high-speed rail in Japan on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen line in 1964. The 0 Series Shinkansen had an initial top speed of 210 km/h (130.5 mph). There are now…
The Warsaw-based Hyper Poland is promising to deliver a new type of train, a hybrid of traditional rail and maglev that can use the existing rail infrastructure. The advantage of this makes it possible to upgrade existing rail lines without…
As we are nearing the completion of the first stage of the Chuo Shinkansen, we take a look at the raw data to find out which will be the fastest way to commute between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2027, and…