The idea of using magnetic levitation to run a high-speed railroad has been around since 1934, when a German scientist named Hermann Kemper received a patent on the technology. Such trains would be ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Siemens Chief Executive Peter Loescher said on Thursday the German engineering company was in talks with various companies worldwide about possible interest in the high-speed ...

Maglev trains have long been touted as the new dawn for train technology. Despite keen and eager interest in the mid-20th century, development has been slow, and only limited commercial operations ...

OSNABRUECK, Germany (Reuters) - State prosecutors in Germany have charged three people with manslaughter for their role in a high-speed train crash which killed 23 people and injured 10 last year.