(For related story see [ID:nSHA333677]) Jan 15 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Shanghai residents protested at the weekend against plans to extend the city's magnetic levitation, or "maglev", train route into ...

China has produced the first of a new breed of maglev trains capable of speeds up to 600 km/h (373 mph), or nearly half the speed of sound. It says these will be the fastest ground transport services ...

China may eschew foreign technology for a proposed high-speed rail line between Shanghai and Hangzhou to slash costs by a third, a Shanghai rail official said on Tuesday in the latest blow for Germany ...

A new floating bullet train capable of hitting speeds of 600 kilometers per hour (about 372 miles/hour) is one step closer to reality in China. On Thursday, the body prototype for the country’s latest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine gliding across long distances at nearly 400 miles per hour on a train that floats silently above its tracks. No rattling ...

BEIJING, March 6 (Reuters) - A controversial extension of Shanghai's high-speed "maglev" train is not on a list of projects to be launched this year, Han Zheng, the mayor of China's financial hub, ...

The L0 Series train being developed by Japan currently is likely to reach speeds of up to 603.5kmh, making it the world’s fastest train. View on euronews ...

Construction work is expected to start by the end of this year on the maglev railway between China's largest metropolis Shanghai and Hangzhou, a famous tourist destination and capital of east China's ...

The Shanghai-Hangzhou magnetic levitation (maglev) train line, whose environmental impact has raised concerns among residents, will be the subject of further public opinion surveys, Shanghai Mayor Han ...