”maglev train” News

Japan plans world's fastest maglev train: firm

TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese rail operator said Wednesday it plans to introduce the world's fastest train in the next two decades, a next-generation maglev built at a cost of 45 billion dollars.
12 26 2007 10:47PM (...more)

Japan to go ahead with maglev train despite crisis: company

TOKYO (AFP) – The chairman of Central Japan Railway Co. has announced a costly project to build the next generation of maglev train would go ahead, brushing aside concerns about the impact of the global economic crisis .
12 26 2008 11:51PM (...more)

Shanghai residents protest maglev train

SHANGHAI, China - Protests by Shanghai residents angry over the proposed extension of a high-tech train line forced the government Monday to acknowledge widespread public concern, in the latest standoff between China 's communist authorities and middle-class urban Chinese.
01 15 2008 8:06AM (...more)

Shanghai police break up "maglev" train protest

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Police broke up a demonstrationagainst a planned extension of Shanghai 's high-speed "maglev"train line on Sunday, pushing and dragging dozens of protestersoff one of the city's most crowded shopping streets.
01 13 2008 9:27PM (...more)

Germany to build first commercial Maglev train line

BERLIN (AFP) - Germany 's richest state agreed Tuesday to build the country's first commercial high-speed magnetic levitation train line, but officials warned the price tag could be heftier than first thought.
09 26 2007 11:44PM (...more)

Bavaria to build Maglev train line in Germany

FRANKFURT (AFP) - Bavarian officials have found funds to build a magnetic levitation train with the backing of industrial groups, but more than half the region's residents oppose the futuristic and already fatal project.
09 25 2007 9:46PM (...more)

Vegas, Midwest seek the $8 billion for fast trains

WASHINGTON – The Republicans attacking President Barack Obama 's economic stimulus package point to
02 25 2009 3:57PM (...more)

$50B in high-speed rail applications submitted

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Tuesday it has received applications from 24 states seeking $50 billion for high-speed rail projects , more than six times the money designated in the 10 7 2009 5:47PM (...more)

Competition for Calif-Vegas train plan

LAS VEGAS - It's been hailed as the future of mass transit and ridiculed as a big gamble on little more than an amusement park ride. Which is a pretty clever insult, considering the project in question is a magnetically levitating train that would speed tourists from Las Vegas to Disneyland .
02 28 2008 5:31AM (...more)

Shanghai residents stop maglev protest

SHANGHAI, China - Residents warned potential demonstrators Saturday against mounting an illegal march to protest a proposed extension of a high-speed train line through their Shanghai neighborhood.
03 6 2008 2:59PM (...more)