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Is Maglev in Crunch?



The grand city of Shanghai, China might be gearing up for the world expo to be held in May 2010, but with a few hiccups; the greatest of them being the maglev train project from Shanghai to Hangzhou. According to the protesting residents of Xihuan suburb in Western Shanghai, they ...

Personal Rapid Transit System in San Francisco by 2011



A new revolution in the transport system is called “Sky-Tran”. The project is being developed by Unimodel, a mountain view based company. It says that the system uses magnetic field to propel pods, which commute between portals via cables elevated 8 to 15 feet above roads. The cables in this ...

Maglev train system in Nevada by 2010



The 10 year prolonged participation of the state of Nevada in the national competition sponsored by the U.S department of transportation has finally paid off. Nevada will get the honour of building the first ever high speed magnetic levitation (maglev) train in the western world with a speed of 300mph ...

High-speed rail in Japan: From bullets to magic levitation



“Shinkansen”- as the Japanese referred to it; was the first bullet train to be introduced in 1964 for the Tokyo Olympics, together symbolizing the country’s economic recovery and global acceptance in even less than 20 years after the Second World War. The Shinkansen train network is being operated by Japan ...