The 10th largest province of China, Hunan, is determined to make this decade a breakthrough for the maglev technology. It’s ambitious plans of eight maglev lines, with a total length of more than 1,000 km (621 miles) including the extension of the already existing Changsha…

Takara Tomy, the Japanese entertainment company that makes children’s toys and merchandise is the creator of the fastest toy train in the world. Their Linear Liner train is the scale replica of the record-breaking 603 km/h (375 mph) SC Maglev (Superconducting Magnetic levitation) train. The…

We have gathered the data of all currently existing maglev lines, commercial and test lines as well as the ones that are under construction now. We didn’t include in the list lines that have been closed or where construction hasn’t started yet. This article will…

As of 2020 there are three new maglev lines under construction. There are two medium-speed lines and one high-speed line where development has already started. The first one to go in to commercial operation is the maglev line for the major economic and transportation hub…

The history of Shinkansen, also known as the bullet train, goes back to the early 60s. This is when the first of its kind, the 0 Series Shinkansen, started operating on the Tokyo-Osaka line. The first bullet train was a pioneer of its time operating…

Japan has been researching maglev technology since the beginning of the 60’s with a clear goal of creating a super fast connection between Tokyo and Osaka within less than an hour. The Japanese National Railways (JNR) started their research on a magnetic levitation railway system…

We have gathered a list of magnetically levitated toys and gadgets that we found in one way or another stand out from the rest. There is a great variety of maglev toys on the market, but many of them are not on par with the…

China plans to build the first section of the future Wuhan-Guangzhou maglev line next year. The first part will span over 200 km and it will be used to test the new maglev train prototype that will operate at 600 km/h, but will be capable…

China has been busy building their own high speed maglev train to compete with the German-developed Transrapid maglev trains and the L0 Series train by the Central Japan Railway Company. This futuristic looking train is capable of hitting speeds of 600 km/h (372 mph). Commercial…

The discovery of a new arrangement of magnets in the early 70’s paved way for the introduction of the first commercial maglev lines in the world. The first maglev people mover to start operation was simply called “MAGLEV” and officially opened in 1984 at the…