Behind more than 70 million high-speed rail services a year lies a web of safety systems. At nearly 200 mph, even a single failure can have dramatic consequences.

The ultra high-speed maglev rail service developed by Central Japan Railway Company is still several years away ...

From Japan’s bullet trains to China’s record-breaking maglev, this video ranks the fastest high-speed trains operating today. Explore how engineering, geography, and ambition reshaped rail travel ...

Teach electromagnetism with this simple electromagnetic train project. A simple STEM activity connecting electricity, ...

At 603 km/h, the new maglev train sets a record and changes how distance is experienced. The remarkable part is not just that ...

A record number of people rode North Carolina’s state-subsidized Amtrak trains in 2025, the fourth straight year of record ridership since the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 740,000 boarded Piedmont and ...

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, ...

WATERTOWN — The Canadian Pacific Kansas City Holiday Train that journeyed Watertown, raised a record $2 million this season. The train — there were two on different routes in the U.S. and Canada — ...

California dropped its lawsuit against the Trump administration after it pulled roughly $4 billion in federal funding for the state’s high-speed rail project. Court records show that California ...

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) announced on Tuesday that the 2025 CPKC Holiday Train raised a record of $2 million during its journey through the United States and Canada. Since 1999, the CPKC ...