No wheels. No noise except for the sound of the inverter. Electromagnets levitate the train 6 mm above the guideway and propel it forward. "Riding it will be a little like someone pulling you on a skating rink," says Aichi Rapid Transit Co., Ltd., the main operator of the system.

The linear motor train (nickname, "Linimo") will carry the majority of visitors to the Expo. Trains will run about 7 km, from Fujigaoka, the last station on a municipal subway line, to the site's North Gate. Similar systems have been used experimentally for on-site transportation at other expositions, but this will be the world's first commercial line to use normal-conducting magnetically levitated (Maglev) linear motor trains.

A Linimo train costs a little more to build than a conventional one, but operating costs can be kept down because it is unmanned (it is completely automatic), and because there is almost no wear-and-tear (the trains do not touch the guideway). The Maglev transport system could one day be a good candidate to replace medium- and long-distance railway trains.