This is a huge boon, as the maglev demo proves that Europe could utilize the more than 360,000 kilometers (224,000 miles) of rail tracks found in Europe’s rail system.

The Shanghai maglev, for instance, cost an estimated $60mn (€55mn) per mile of track. Another longstanding barrier for maglev trains is the inability to run them on existing infrastructure.

Germany's plan to launch a magnetic levitation - or maglev - rail service has collapsed amid soaring costs. It was to be built in Munich from the airport to the city centre, making it Europe's first ...

In the 1970s and 1980s, countries like Germany, Japan and the United States started trying to develop maglev transportation systems. Japan’s Yamanashi Maglev Test Line shocked the world with a speed ...

However, it is in Europe that an innovative landscape is now taking shape, marked by the emergence of the Maglev train prototype designed by the Italian company IronLev. Specifically, Maglev ...