The train that never came – how maglev technology was derailed
Main image: An L0 series five-car maglev train on a test run in Japan in in 2013. It has yet to begin passenger service. (Photo: Saruno Hirobano, under CC BY-SA 3.0 licence.) If you’re over a certain age, you may remember that the popular technology magazine covers of your youth promised tantalising glimpses of a…