Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has promised on Wednesday to redirect US $ 45 million originally set aside for the maglev project between Los Angeles and Las Vegas to develop the Interstate 215 connector to McCarran International Airport. Reid who was originally a supporter of the maglev train, switched alliances to the steel-wheeled, Victorville-bound DesertXpress [...]
Zheng Jian, chief planner with the Chinese Ministry of Railways, confirmed today that the Shanghai to Hangzhou Maglev project has been approved and that the construction of the additional 164.5 kilometer Maglev line will start next year. As a big supporter of state of the art technology, China is making quick work to improve the [...]
Central Japan Railway (JR Tokai) has announced that the launch of the new maglev train originally planned for 2025 might be delayed due to financial problems. The declining revenues owing to the economic turmoil have forced JR Tokai to review a 2007 financing plan for the new maglev. The maglev project may also be delayed [...]
