As it stands, maglev trains have been running for decades, with one even running in Germany during the Cold War from 1989 to 1991. Unfortunately, despite the success seen with those maglev trains ...

Shanghai already operates at maglev airport shuttle, while Japan is planning to add to its high-speed rail system with a superconducting maglev train connecting Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka by 2027.

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.