article_snippet.sent: The  train hovers four inches (10cm) above the tracks and is propelled by electrically charged magnets.
article_snippet.sent: Maglev trains use magnets to lift the carriages above the track.
article_snippet.sent: By 2045, Maglev trains are expected to link Tokyo and Osaka in just 67 minutes, slashing the journey time in half.
article_snippet.sent: Maglev trains are expected to eventually consist of 16 carriages and carry up to 1,000 passengers at a time.
article_snippet.sent: Maglev trains (pictured) hover four inches (10cm) above the tracks and is propelled by electrically charged magnets.
article_snippet.sent: Andy Kunz, president of the US High Speed Rail Association. told the Los Angeles Times that maglev trains have proved to be expensive, power-intensive, and potentially unsafe. '
article_snippet.sent: The problem is if you have one tiny little settling of the Earth - which happens all the time because of plate tectonics - that can create little movements in the maglev system, which can send trains crashing into stuff,' Andy Kunz, president of the US High Speed Rail Association said.
article_snippet.sent: By 2045 maglev trains (example pictured) are expected to link Tokyo and Osaka in just one hour and seven minutes, slashing the journey time in half.
article_snippet.sent: The Maglev trains are set to eventually consist of 16 carriages and carry up to 1,000 passengers at a time .
article_snippet.sent: According to engineers, The Maglev trains will travel at 314mph (505km/h) - but this will cut the journey time by more than half . '
article_snippet.sent: A new development called super-maglev could be set to push the limits even higher.
article_snippet.sent: Last year, HTS Maglev was been tested successfully by the Applied Superconductivity Laboratory of Southwest Jiaotong University.
article_snippet.sent: The technology works by using a vacuum tube to decrease the speed limitations imposed by air resistance on regular maglev trains. '
article_snippet.sent: ETT (Evacuated Tube Transport) systems might allow HTS Maglev trains to attain speeds in a new order of magnitude, such as super-high 3,000km (1,800 miles) per hour, which could be applied to some military or space launch systems,' the researchers write.
article_snippet.sent: Pictured on the left is a test model HTS Maglev train from 2003.  
highlights_snippet.sent: Maglev trains hover   and are propelled by electrically charged magnets .
  