Once a German dream, the Transrapid maglev train is now China’s reality. See how Germany lost its lead in this high-speed rail race.

Frictionless, wheel-less, and incredibly fast. Click to learn how magnetic levitation powers the most extreme high-speed ...

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 ...

The planned construction of the high-tech Transrapid maglev train in Bavaria has been cancelled due to massive cost increases, Germany's transportation minister announced on Thursday. "The Munich ...

A throng of waiting riders in Bremen, Germany, this spring watched the three-car train rise 10 mm off the 400-volt DC rail track, levitated by a bay of magnets that are repelled by reaction rails ...

Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji and visiting German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder cut the ribbon for the trial operation of Shanghai Transrapid Maglev Line, a high-speed transportation system. Premier Zhu ...

For people, like myself, with professional and personal connections to Transrapid's test track in north-western Germany, the tragic events of Friday 22 September will remain with us forever.

Germany is auctioning off a maglev train that officials once hoped would speed up transport at home and become a major export success. The Transrapid train is on show Tuesday and Wednesday to would-be ...