In Japan 's Yamanashi prefecture, JR-Maglev MLX01 test trains have gone as fast as 361 mph by using superconducting magnets and electro-dynamic suspensions, or EDS.

In this three week storyline unit, students investigate a maglev train and the electromagnetic forces that cause a maglev train to levitate and provide the source of propulsion for the train. The ...

A superconducting magnetic levitation train, also known as SCMaglev or Maglev for short, can travel at speeds up to 300 mph or faster. Project developers for a proposed Maglev train in the ...

Japan's maglev train just set a world record speed of 375 mph (over 600 kph) during a manned test run on April 21. Central Japan Railway plans to launch the service of the magnetically levitated ...

What’s wrong with using LEGO as a research platform for a Maglev? This team has been doing ... This is used to push the train up to speed, as well as slow it down for braking.

The maglev interior is slightly smaller than the bullet trains now in operation. There are also only four seats to a row, compared to the five now in use in Shinkansen trains. The window size is ...

There are several maglev train systems spread throughout Asia, and one of the countries at the forefront of the technology is ...

allowing it to ride faster and smoother than a conventional train. Japan's maglev train is earmarked for deployment between Tokyo and Nagoya – a trip that takes five hours by car, but would only ...

It's simple: The Shanghai Maglev is one of the fastest passenger trains in the world. Traveling at about 270 miles per hour, this train is the adult equivalent of the theme park ride, especially ...

Maglev trains are expected to connect Tokyo and Nagoya in just 40 minutes, less than half the time of the current bullet train service.

They are all that is left of a bold experiment to create Britain’s first full-sized magnetic levitating train, an experiment ... The dream of a British MagLev wasn’t over, but the 1980s ...