Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Wes Moore (D) watches a passing high-speed maglev train on April 12, 2025, during a trade mission to Japan. Moore supported ...

Rail travel has come a long way from the slow chugging of steam engines. Today, the race for the fastest train has become a high-speed pursuit of groundbreaking technology, pushing the boundaries of ...

When Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was in Japan expressing amazement at magnetic-levitation train technology, residents in the path of the proposed high-speed train back home were less than impressed. "I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine gliding across long distances at nearly 400 miles per hour on a train that floats silently above its tracks. No rattling ...

YAMANASHI, JAPAN — The inside of the train car goes eerily quiet at 93 miles per hour, a familiar rattle disappearing into a hum as it lifts four inches off the ground, levitating and speeding through ...

"Come on, America. Let's get training." ...

Something to look forward to: The risk of generating dangerous shockwaves when exiting tunnels has long challenged high-speed rail systems. As maglev trains reach higher speeds, the problem becomes ...

I disagree with the recent commentary by Angelette C. Aviles opposing the proposed Northeast Maglev high-speed train (“Why Maryland’s maglev dream doesn’t track,” April 21). I respect her perspective, ...

WASHINGTON — A project that would link Baltimore and Washington, D.C. via high-speed rail is no more, with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy blaming $26 million in cuts on "decades of poor ...

As China builds out the next generation of magnetic levitation trains, the U.S. has a grand total of one maglev line in development. Or, make that had one in development, because Transportation ...

The Federal Railroad Administration has withdrawn support for a high-speed train project from D.C. to Baltimore, saying conflicts over federal property and protected wildlife in the path of the ...

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. No high-speed train will be zooming throughout ...