This year marks the tenth anniversary of the first man-loading high temperature superconducting (HTS) maglev test vehicle “Century” in the world. This report summarizes development advances of major ...

Monorails are not Maglevs. Don’t confuse the single-track, rubber-tired monorails with the magnetic-levitation technology in ...

Twenty-three people died and 10 were injured when an elevated magnetic train ploughed into a maintenance vehicle in north-western Germany. The train, which floats on a monorail via a magnetic ...

Superconducting magnetic levitation (Maglev) is developing rapidly in recent decades. Compared to traditional railways, superconducting Maglev is superior in aspects such as faster speed, less ...

Japan’s SCMaglev will be the world’s fastest train, gliding at 500 km/h and cutting Tokyo–Osaka travel to just over an hour. But with sky-high costs and global skepticism, will this bold ...

Traditional manufacturing transport systems rely on mechanical bearings and rollers, which suffer from friction-induced damage over time. This ongoing degradation leads to breakdowns, frequent ...

It is not a boast and not an apology, but simply an assertion of fact: I could be awakened from a deep sleep, abducted from public transit, or otherwise put under extreme duress and still happily be ...

In 2012, National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC) had picked a conventional monorail as the best suited for a medium-sized city like Thiruvananthapuram from a bunch of ...

The Shanghai Maglev is more than a train; it’s a vision for the future of transport. It is the fastest train in commercial service today, reaching speeds of up to 431 km/h, gliding above the ...

The Disneyland Monorail isn’t going away even though new concept art for the Avatar themed land coming to Disney California Adventure leaves out the Highway in the Sky track that currently ...