As said by the Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) the new maglev trains would shorten the travel time between Osaka and Tokyo to 67 minutes from 138 minutes taken by the fastest bullet trains today. The estimated time is for the shortest planned route of 438 km connecting Shinagawa Station in Tokyo and Shin-Osaka [...]
The US government has received applications from 24 states worth US$50 billion for high speed rail projects. The final decision on which project will receive funds will be made this winter. The decisions will be merit based and will reflect the president’s vision to revolutionarize the American transportation systems.
In August, the agency received 214 applications [...]
A project for a testing ground for maglev trains with a price tag of $59 million is on cards at the Enterprise Park (EPCAL) in Calverton, New York. This proposal would use the Northrop Grumman site in Calverton (now EPCAL) for demonstration. The existing Long Island rail tracks would be used as the design of [...]
