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 ...

SAGAMIHARA, Kanagawa Prefecture--A massive hole here will one day house an underground station for the maglev Chuo Shinkansen Line as excavation work continues. The new station, tentatively called ...

NAGOYA—Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said May 20 it will “immediately suspend” all tunnel excavation work for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo Shinkansen Line in an area where ...

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.

Canada plans to spend billions of dollars on a high-speed railway from Toronto to Quebec City, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday. It's set to reach speeds of up to 186 miles per ...

Journey times between major cities in eastern Canada would be cut in half under the new plans, making train travel more appealing.

Japan's Shinkansen, or bullet train, operates up to 200 miles per hour. The world's fastest train, the Shanghai Maglev, can reach speeds of up to 285 miles per hour on its short journeys between ...

The future of Japan's incredible £50 billion train line hangs in the balance as the project faces delays. Japan's ambitious Maglev bullet train project, designed to revolutionise high-speed ...

The Shanghai Maglev runs on magnetic levitation technology ... from France’s Train à Grande Vitesse (TGV), Japan’s Shinkansen, and Spain’s AVE Class 103, China is currently the only country ...