Approved by the central government in March 2006, the planned 35 billion yuan ($4.5 billion) maglev project included 175 km (100 miles) of line and trains running at speeds of up to 450 km per hour.

Shanghai municipal authority on Wednesday denied reports that it has been ordered to suspend its 175-km maglev rail link to the city of Hangzhou. Preliminary work, including discussions and advice ...

Chinese plans to develop a 600kmph (373mph) “flying train” are threatening to make Britain’s HS2 line obsolete before it even ...

Japan currently holds the speed record with its L0 Series train, which reached 603 km/h in 2015. However, this new Chinese project promises to cut travel time between Beijing and Shanghai to just two ...

The Shanghai-Hangzhou maglev line will be the world's second commercial high-speed maglev track. Shanghai operates the world's only commercial maglev system on a 30-kilometer run between Shanghai ...

China previewed its new magnetic levitation (maglev) train, boasting a maximum speed of 600 kilometers per hour (373 miles per hour), in a recent eve ...

Approved by the central government in March 2006, the 35-billion-yuan (US$4.5 billion) maglev project using German technology is designed to float 175 km and run at a maximum speed of 450 km per hour.

Launched in 2003, the maglev reaches speeds of more than 400 kilometres (250 miles) an hour as it floats on a magnetic cushion between Shanghai's international airport and an outlying part of its ...

ARRIVED China is first to build commercial maglev trains; U.S. engineers want to emulate. China’s bold move to build 30 kilometers of magnetically levitated high-speed guideway between Shanghai ...

Asked if the same maglev technology would be used for a link to Hangzhou, Song said: "It would be quite different. For the Shanghai one, it was wholly imported. For this one, much would be localized.