France’s TGV network runs over LGV (lignes à grande vitesse) corridors, with the platform famously holding the steel-wheel world speed record at 574.8 km/h (357 mph) from the V150 campaign in 2007 (on ...

A high speed railway being built by the Central Japan Railway Company is planned to be the fastest in the world when it opens after 2034.

PM IST Meanwhile, countries like Germany, Italy, France, Spain, China, and Japan continue to expand their advanced rail networks, with trains that regularly cross the 300 km/h mark Gazi Abbas Shahid ...

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