Maglev NET - Maglev Trains & Magnetic Levitation

2020 Update We’ve all heard about the Japanese Bullet trains, the French TGV and the Shanghai Maglev but which one is fastest? There’s only one way to find out: read below. We have updated the list for 2020.

This page will guide you through the most important bits of the Shanghai Maglev, whether you are only interested in the background or you would like to use it. Speed and costs, construction and advantages of the technology and ticket information.

We have collected the most famous Maglev lines in the world that have either came to a halt or never seen the daylight. In all cases the number one reason was the high cost, but the stories are very different. One Swiss project and three from the home of Transrapid, ...

The idea of a tunnel linking New York and London first appeared in a novel by Victorian science fiction writer, Jules Verne in 1895. But the possibility of it ever appearing was remote due to the mind-blowing difficulty of such a project.