LATHEN, Germany – A high-tech train that floats on powerful magnetic fields smashed into a maintenance car on an elevated test track Friday, killing 23 people and injuring 10 – the first fatalities on ...

The idea of using magnetic levitation to run a high-speed railroad has been around since 1934, when a German scientist named Hermann Kemper received a patent on the technology. Such trains would be ...

Transrapid hopes Shanghai will bring that chance. A maglev system planned for Berlin to Hamburg died on the blade of Germany's Green Party two years ago, so China's decision to build its $1.2-billion ...

LATHEN, Germany - A high-tech train that floats on powerful magnetic fields smashed into a maintenance car on an elevated test track Friday, killing 23 people and injuring 10 - the first fatalities on ...

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 ...

FILE- In this Friday, Aug. 1, 2008 file photo, people watch the then new Transrapid train TR09 on the tracks of the magnetic highspeed train test course in Lathen, northern Germany. Germany is ...

After a four-day halt of air travel a year ago, this country's need for an efficient high-speed ground transportation system became even more obvious in the wake of Sept. 11. Now, Congress is ...

A test run takes place with Mount Fuji in the backdrop. Credit: Central Japan Railway Company. Ever since it was launched in time for the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Shinkansen has remained a ...

Using magnets to hold trains in the air so they can travel at speeds comparable to planes has long been a goal for making long-distance travel enjoyable. But because maglev trains can't use the ...

FRANKFURT, March 31 (Reuters) - The abrupt demise of Germany's first commercial Transrapid maglev train route has sent all parties involved scurrying to avoid responsibility for the political fallout.