Rail travel has come a long way from the slow chugging of steam engines. Today, the race for the fastest train has become a ...

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. No high-speed train will be zooming throughout ...

The recent announcement by Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy that the Trump administration has pulled the plug on federal support for the proposed magnetic levitation train line between ...

Discover Japan's revolutionary Maglev train project, set to reach speeds of over 500 km/h, drastically cutting travel times ...

YAMANASHI, JAPAN — The inside of the train car goes eerily quiet at 93 miles per hour, a familiar rattle disappearing into a hum as it lifts four inches off the ground, levitating and speeding through ...

WASHINGTON — A project that would link Baltimore and Washington, D.C. via high-speed rail is no more, with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy blaming $26 million in cuts on "decades of poor ...

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 ...

A prefectural government panel in central Japan has approved measures presented by a major railway operator to address the ...

China demonstrates ultra-high-speed superconducting maglev reaching 700 km/h on a 400 metre track, highlighting advances in ...

A maglev train in Japan reached a speed of 590 kilometers per hour (366 miles per hour) this week, breaking a world record that had stood for 12 years. Central Japan Railway Co. announced the feat on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Wes Moore (D) watches a passing high-speed maglev train on April 12, 2025, during a trade mission to Japan. Moore supported ...