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MIT Wins SpaceX’s Hyperloop Pod Design Competition
With Elon Musk in attendance, the team bested 120-plus competitors
Hyperloop Tech CEO Predicts The Hyperloop Could Become Reality by 2020
Even without direct involvement from Elon Musk
A Train to Space: All Aboard the 20,000-Mile-Per-Hour Low-Earth-Orbit Express
From the man who brought you magnetic levitation, a concept maglev cannon that could launch a train into space
Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Rail Link Opens to the Public This Week
Just three years after breaking ground, China will open the crown jewel of its high-speed rail network to the public...
China’s New Super-City Will Merge Nine Urban Centers into a Single, 16,000-Square-Mile Megatropolis
If you’re going to build the world’s biggest megatropolis in the world’s most populous country, you don’t start from scratch....
Archive Gallery: Thrilling Trains of the Future
If only our Thanksgiving travel plans included rides on cross-country high-speed rails, propeller-powered monorails, and the mythical Long Island bullet train
High-Speed Rail Creeps Forward, With $2.4 Billion in Federal Funding Given to Projects in 23 States
The push for high-speed rail in America is picking up speed — it’s just happening really, really slowly. Yesterday, efforts...
China Hopes New Shanghai Bullet Train Will Rev Up Interest in High-Speed Travel
China, already outpacing the U.S., Japan and many European countries in the expansion of their railway system, has begun testing...