YAMANASHI, JAPAN — The inside of the train car goes eerily quiet at 93 miles per hour, a familiar rattle disappearing into a hum as it lifts four inches off the ground, levitating and speeding ...

When Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was in Japan expressing amazement at magnetic-levitation train technology, residents in the path of the proposed high-speed train back home were less than impressed.

Shinkansen trains operate on a network of high-speed train lines, connecting most of Japan’s major cities and can run at speeds of up to 285 kilometres per hour. Tokaido Shinkansen trains ...

Gov. Wes Moore‘s trade trip to East Asia, which began with a test ride of a high-speed magnetic levitation train in Japan, has prompted renewed attention on a decade-long plan to build a similar ...

The US Transport Department says it has withdrawn a grant for a high-speed railway project in Texas, dashing hopes Japanese bullet train technology would be used. Surging costs led decision-makers ...

India is considering adopting the next-generation shinkansen bullet train being developed by East Japan Railway Co for a high-speed rail project underway in the western region, sources familiar with ...