This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. No high-speed train will be zooming throughout ...

Maglev bullet trains promise a future where steel wheels and clattering rails give way to smooth, floating speed. Yet the reality on today’s tracks is more nuanced, with some systems gliding entirely ...

WASHINGTON — A project that would link Baltimore and Washington, D.C. via high-speed rail is no more, with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy blaming $26 million in cuts on "decades of poor ...

The recent announcement by Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy that the Trump administration has pulled the plug on federal support for the proposed magnetic levitation train line between ...

The Federal Railroad Administration has withdrawn support for a high-speed train project from D.C. to Baltimore, saying conflicts over federal property and protected wildlife in the path of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine gliding across long distances at nearly 400 miles per hour on a train that floats silently above its tracks. No rattling ...

China’s latest maglev experiment is not just a laboratory stunt, it is a blunt demonstration of how far the country is willing to push transport technology while the United States and Europe argue ...

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, ...

A zero to 60 mph time of just under seven seconds is decent, but not too noteworthy. A zero to 100 mph in the same time would be astounding. But zero to 404 mph? Welcome to the future of trains, as ...

As a frequent rider on Amtrak’s Acela, which connects the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston, I’m happy to announce that high-speed rail travel between Boston and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Wes Moore (D) watches a passing high-speed maglev train on April 12, 2025, during a trade mission to Japan. Moore supported ...