The Maglev Chuo Shinkansen L0 Series, which is now under construction between Tokyo’s Shinagawa and Aichi Prefecture's Nagoya stations, utilizes magnetic levitation to travel at speeds of up to ...

has sunk by more than 3 centimeters near the construction site of the Komamba tunnel for the Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev train line. The company attributed the problem to the excavation work ...

Short for Magnetic Levitation, Maglev, also known as the Chūō Shinkansen, is an ambitious high-speed rail project that uses magnetic levitation technology instead of traditional wheels.

Since it first opened in 1964, Japan's high-speed rail system has been one of the country's most celebrated achievements. These trains, called Shinkansen, are known to English speakers as bullet ...

When completed, the Linear Chuo Shinkansen will cover the 285.6 km between Tokyo and Nagoya in just 40 minutes. That's right. When you want to raise the speed of the railway line, you have to ...

Returns are enhanced by extra charges for seat reservations, first class seats, and non-Shinkansen express trains. The company's focus is on building the new magnetic levitation, or maglev ...

TOKYO: East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has said that its suspension of coupled Shinkansen train services will be extended to Friday (March 14). The suspension follows a serious incident in which ...