China says its maglev hyperloop train has broken the world speed record in a test run, reaching a blistering 387 mph (623 km/h). Ultimately, its makers want to build a train more than three times as ...

High-speed, maglev trains capable of reaching speeds 215 miles per hour are nothing new for China’s sprawling transportation system. But a recent announcement from government officials triples that ...

China is pushing the boundaries of high-speed rail technology with its ambitious development of maglev trains that could revolutionize travel within the country. Passengers in China could soon stream ...

Earlier this week, everyone was banging on about Virgin Hyperloop, the train in a tube that’ll supposedly be able to hit speeds of 1,000 kph (620 mph) when it’s finished. More specifically, everyone ...

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Hyperloops burst onto the scene in 2013. Elon Musk detailed a new type of train service in a low-pressure tube that would reach speeds up to 760 mph. The train would float on a cushion of air and be ...

China claims to have become the first country in the world to successfully carry out tests on a Hyperloop-style, magnetically levitated train inside a vacuum tube — or “vactrain” for short — according ...

On a short stretch of track in northern China, a heavy block of engineering briefly moved with the urgency of a launched projectile. In a test that prioritised hardware limits over passenger comfort, ...

Getting from place to place has always been a problem, and problems tend to inspire innovation. Cars, trains, planes, and even the humble boat exist because someone needed a better way of getting ...

Virgin Hyperloop carried its first humans in a test run late last year. The project is apace, but it won’t be in service for almost a decade—and likely will be developed in other parts of the world ...

>> THE COMPANY PITCHING A HYPERLOOP LINK THAT COULD GET YOU BETWEEN PITTSBURGH AND CHICAGO IN LESS THAN AN HOUR SAYS IT CAN BE PULLED OFF WITHOUT ANY ONGOING PUBL SUBSIDY. A LOCAL TRANSPORTATION ...

U.K.-based startup Magway thinks it can revolutionize shipping—and make it greener—by introducing underground maglev pods that can transport goods. This concept is similar to that of the Hyperloop, a ...