The bid-rigging involved construction of maglev train stations at Tokyo’s Shinagawa district and Nagoya in central Japan. Based on the testimony given by executives of Obayashi and Shimizu ...
The latest Shinkansen is the N700S Series, and the name should give away that this is an evolutionary rather than ...
History is filled with massive infrastructure projects, but China has topped the list of longest bridges in the world with ...
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What Makes Maglev Trains So Fast
Maglevs are the fastest trains in the world, capable of reaching 274 miles per hour. How can they reach such high speeds?
Ground subsidence in Gifu Prefecture was likely caused by tunnel construction work for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo Shinkansen Line, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said. In the ...
The secret to T-Flight's incredible speed is its magnetic levitation technology. Maglev systems have been used for a while in high-speed trains, but the technology continues to improve. It uses ...
Six commuter rail trains on the Needham and Fairmount lines were canceled starting around 2 p.m., as well as six Amtrak trains, officials said.
The Michigan Department of Transportation is meeting with consultants this week on future developments for Amtrak's routes in ...
The paper, published by the Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Association, Inc., was established in 1937 shortly after the ...
A train station for the Chicago Transit Authority’s Pink Line is wanted for a $7 billion plan from Jerry Reinsdorf and Danny ...
ONE OF THE LAST GREEN LINE TRAINS OF THE NIGHT HEADING IN FROM MEDFORD. TUFTS WAS INBOUND TOWARDS BOSTON, AND AS IT WAS PULLING INTO THE EAST SOMERVILLE STATION HERE, IT CAME UPON ANOTHER TRAIN ...
Demand for train travel is strong and growing ... Passengers arrive at the Eurostar terminal at the St. Pancras station in London. Eurostar, which has long had a monopoly on the cross-Channel ...