Editing Maglev (section)

=== United Kingdom ===
{{Main|UK Ultraspeed}}
'''London – Glasgow''': A line<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.500kmh.com/UKU_Factbook2.pdf |title=Factbook |publisher=500kmh |date=October 2007 |access-date=2012-12-13 |archive-date=11 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811234649/http://www.500kmh.com/UKU_Factbook2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> was proposed in the United Kingdom from London to [[Glasgow]] with several route options through the Midlands, Northwest and Northeast of England. It was reported to be under favourable consideration by the government.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/07/content_3053025.htm |title=Shanghai-style Maglev train may fly on London line |work=China View |date=7 June 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616022859/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/07/content_3053025.htm |archive-date=16 June 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The approach was rejected in the Government [[White paper#In government|white paper]] ''Delivering a Sustainable Railway'' published on 24 July 2007.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Government's five-year plan |magazine=Railway Magazine |volume=153 |issue=1277 |date=September 2007 |pages=6–7}}</ref> Another high-speed link was planned between Glasgow and Edinburgh but the technology remained unsettled.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.500kmh.com/ |title=UK Ultraspeed |access-date=23 May 2008 |archive-date=13 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813050523/http://www.500kmh.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/transport/Story/0,2763,1545279,00.html |title=Hovertrain to cut London-Glasgow time to two hours |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=9 August 2005 |author=Wainwright, Martin |access-date=23 May 2008 |archive-date=25 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025192940/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/aug/09/transport.world |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/65cc4456-388c-11db-ae2c-0000779e2340.html |title=Japan inspires Tories' land of rising green tax |work=Financial Times |author=Blitz, James |date=31 August 2006 |access-date=23 May 2008 |archive-date=2 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302074201/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/65cc4456-388c-11db-ae2c-0000779e2340.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>