Chinese plans to develop a 600kmph (373mph) “flying train” are threatening to make Britain’s HS2 line obsolete before it even ...

A week after China said its supercharged rail system has reached speeds of 600km/h (373mph), US President Donald Trump ...

The technology has seen speeds that outpace commercial jet flights, which usually travel at around 570 miles per hour.

If this new maglev tech that China is developing pans out, it ought to be moving at anywhere from two to three times the fastest trains in the world today.

Shanghai already operates at maglev airport shuttle, while Japan is planning to add to its high-speed rail system with a superconducting maglev train connecting Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka by 2027.

A maglev train passes in Tsuru City in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, on May 11, 2010. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg News) Trains between D.C. and Baltimore would travel as fast as 311 mph, proponents say.

Maglev technology relies on electricity and magnetic force to lift trains and propel them down a guideway at up to 300 mph. The only commercial maglev train is in China. Advertisement ...

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A magnetic levitation (maglev) train conducts a test run past Yamanashi Prefectural Maglev Exhibition Center on December 3, 2021 in Tsuru, Japan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) ...

Last year, a maglev train in Japan reached a speed of 366 mph, breaking a world record that had stood for 12 years. But the train won’t be ready for commercial use until 2027, ...

A new, faster generation of medium-low-speed driverless magnetic levitation trains is set to debut in China as early as 2020, according to state media. CNN values your feedback 1.

Fastest passenger train in the world hits 375 mph in test run. — -- Until the Hyperloop becomes a reality, this may be the next best thing for high-speed travel on the ground. Japan's maglev ...