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DesertXpress Update



Many officials from Nevada and California have dreamt for almost two decades for the 185 mile high speed railway line between Victorville and Las Vegas. It seems that their dream is about to come true, but unfortunately the DesertXpress will not use maglev technology but the traditional rail technology. The ...

Maglev Transportation Conference



People attending the 21st annual Maglev conference were updated on ongoing Maglev projects, plans, development and operational results of urban applications of high speed trains worldwide. Other focus points of the Maglev conference were energy supply, linear motors, propulsion, feasibility, economic and planning studies and last but not least, safety ...

Japan Maglev Project



JR Tokai announced the location of the Nagano Prefecture station for the Tokyo Nagoya maglev line on Friday. The train will stop at terminals in Tokyo and Nagoya as well as at one station in each of the four prefectures, from where the train will pass. The proposed site for ...

Beijing Maglev



China’s first medium low speed maglev line is scheduled to launch before March 2013 in Beijing. This line will use Chinese technology, and is one of the eight new rail lines designed to cope up with the traffic congestion in Beijing. This line will connect western Mentougou district to Pingguoyuan ...

Maglev Trains For Australia?



A report released in August 2011 has insisted the Australian federal government to consider the Melbourne to Brisbane corridor for the Very Fast Train (VFT) service, with Goulburn – Southern Highlands a possible stopover. But the question is what type of VFT would be suitable for this project. According to ...