Many people associate trains with a rather uncomfortable and long journey. But it turns out that in order for the journey to be pleasant, you just need to choose the right railways along which the fastest trains rush. Here we are talking about regular trains that operate with various systems, rail, magnetic or air cushion.

Fast, but still not leaders, among the trains they are present in different countries peace. We invite you to familiarize yourself with them.

The fastest trains in the world

The Taiwanese THSR 700T train travels at a speed of 335 kilometers per hour and carries almost a thousand passengers. These trains are equipped with cruise control, as well as a shock-absorbing device to protect against accidents at low speeds.

The South Korean high-speed train Hyundai Rotem has been running on the tracks since 2009. Its speed is 352 kilometers per hour. Such trains operate even in Ukraine. But, by a strange coincidence, trains constantly break down near Poltava.

The French TGV Reseau accelerates to 380 kilometers per hour. The cabin seats exactly 377 passengers. And this one fast train consumes 25 thousand volts of alternating current.

Japan's first high-speed train, Shinkasen, appeared in 1964. Its speed is quite impressive - 443 kilometers per hour. The train can be set in motion by 25 thousand volts of alternating current.

Stylish german train TR-09, which operates on the principle of a magnetic levitation system, has a speed of 450 kilometers per hour. By the way, the history of magnetic levitation technology goes back to the 40s of the last century, but commercial implementation was completed only in 2004.

The fastest train in China

Previously, the fastest train in the world ran in China. It reached speeds of up to 380 kilometers per hour. And the composition differs not only in speed, but also the highest level safety, comfort and environmental friendliness. It is planned to be sent along a railway line under construction, which goes from Beijing to Shanghai. The length of the road is 1318 kilometers.

And this passenger train, which is called “Hese”, which claimed the title of the fastest train in the world, made its first flight from the Chinese city of Wuhan to Guangzhou. The distance between them is only a little over a thousand kilometers. The train left Wuhan and reached its final destination in less than three hours. At the same time, the average speed of the train was 341 kilometers per hour. And during test runs on the same route, the cars moved at a speed of about 394 kilometers per hour.

The fastest train in Russia

Well, the fastest train in Russia is the Sapsan. This is a high-speed electric train from Siemens, which was purchased by Russian Railways for running on local roads. By the way, “Peregrine Falcon” is named after the peregrine falcon; it is the fastest bird in the world from the order of falcons. When attacked, its speed is 300 kilometers per hour.

Japanese train Shinkansen 500, a new generation train.

The maximum design speed of the Sapsan is 350 kilometers per hour. But on Russian railways the train can move at a speed of only 250 kilometers per hour. For most of the journey from Moscow to St. Petersburg, the train travels at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour. But in one section, between Malaya Vishera and Okulovka, Mstinsky Bridge, it increases to 250 kilometers per hour.

It is worth noting that Siemens trains are different from European ones. In particular, air intakes are placed on the roof, so the trains can operate at ambient temperatures of minus 50 degrees Celsius. But the salons are 30 centimeters wider than standard European ones. And this is due, first of all, to the width of the Russian gauge and, of course, the size of the CIS rolling stock, which differs significantly from the European one.

The fastest train in the world

The record speed of movement on a railway track is 574 kilometers per hour. And it belongs to the fastest train in the world, TGV POS. During testing in 2007, this French electric train reached a speed of exactly 574.8 kilometers per hour. And this figure became a world record for rail trains. The record-breaking train runs to Germany and Switzerland from France, but at a lower speed.

It is also worth noting the fastest maglev train in the world. This is the Japanese MLX01. Its record speed was recorded in 2003. Then he accelerated to 581 kilometers per hour.

There is another example with impressive speed. Another record was recorded in Japan. The high-speed train, called Hayabusa, which began operating in 2011, has been called the fastest train in the world, but also the most stylish. Inside the train, in the business class carriages, you feel like you are on board a modern airliner. And it moves at speeds of up to 500 kilometers per hour.

This super modern, fastest train in the world, according to railway workers, was created for two daily flights from Tokyo to Aomori. The road should extend through the amazingly picturesque and beautiful countryside that is located in the north of Honshu.

The fastest trains of the future

It is worth noting that from 1960 to this day, the Japanese Shinkansen train manufacturing network has been designing, producing and selling trains that can rightfully be called perfect high-tech innovations, popular both in Japan and far beyond its borders.

Sapsan train from inside

By the way, there is already a demand for Hayabusa business class trains. The main consumer is the USA, a country that is interested in very fast, and also safe and environmentally friendly trains. Well, those who want to ride on the long-nosed green-silver and ultra-fast, the fastest train in the world will have to pay about 320 dollars.

It is worth noting that the idea of ​​​​setting speed records in Japan will not be left alone, since the country plans to launch a magnetic railway by 2027, which will connect the country's capital and the city of Nagoya. But by 2045, the Japanese want to build a road from Tokyo to Osaka, in the west of the island. And, according to plans, a one-way trip should take only one hour and 7 minutes. This figure is twice as fast as it can be done now.
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The fastest trains in the world. Speed ​​of 500 km/h is not the limit!

Surely older readers remember a problem from a mathematics textbook, the condition of which talks about two trains departing simultaneously towards each other at a speed of 50 km/h. Today this brings a smile, but 200 years ago people could not even dream that their descendants would travel quickly and comfortably, covering vast distances. The first steam locomotive saw the world in September 1825. Its speed reached 24 km/h - a real breakthrough for the 19th century! The heroes of our article today are the main high speed trains, which will take you from point A to point B in record time.

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In 1991, Germany ushered in the era of high-speed trains in the West. The first experimental train of the ICE 1 series was developed by the German railway operator Deutsche Bahn and consisted of two motor cars with a power of 4,800 kW. Already on a test run, the train accelerated to 280 km/h, which was a revolutionary speed indicator at that time.

Figures and facts:

– The number of carriages of the train is 12;
– Length - 358 m;
– The maximum permissible speed is 330 km/h;
– The number of operating trains is 237.

In 1997, the updated ICE 2 trains went into operation, and three years later - ICE 3. The latest modification, developed by Siemens together with Bombardier Transportation, is distinguished by reduced weight and greater power. The test drive proved the ability to accelerate to 358 km/h. And German railway workers have plans to release the new ICE 4.

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AVE means bird. This is how the abbreviation of the operator is translated railways Spain. The need to create a high-speed regional train arose in the early 90s of the 20th century. This was due to the depressing state of the economy in the south of the country. Opened in 1992 new line with standard European gauge. It connected Madrid and Seville. The first train to literally fly this distance at a speed of 357 km/h was the AVE 100. It began a new era of Spanish railways.

In 2005, the AVE Talgo - 350 model was put into operation on the Madrid-Valladolid and Madrid-Barcelona sections. Thanks to its unusual design and elongated “duck nose” new train can accelerate to 365 km/h. AVE Talgo-350 is capable of simultaneously accommodating 318 passengers in its small, comfortable carriages.

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Another representative of European railways saw the world in 2006, immediately leaving his German and Spanish colleagues far behind. The TGV POS series train, owned by French Railways, originally carried passengers on the Paris-Luxembourg route. It currently also flies to Switzerland and southern Germany.

In 2007, the mainline TGV POS delivered absolute record speed in Europe, accelerating to 574.8 km/h. The train consists of eight cars. Its power is 25 thousand horsepower! It is very easy to recognize high-speed trains on European railways by their silver-blue color.

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The length of China's high-speed railways is more than 7 thousand km, which puts the Celestial Empire in first place in the world. Naturally, special routes require special trains. And one of them was put into operation in 2010. It is called CRH -380A and is known for being able to reach a top speed of 486 km/h. The operating speed is 350 km/h, which the CRH-380A reaches within seven minutes after starting movement.

The noise reduction system in the cabin has also become innovative, providing a noise level of only 68 dB (for comparison, this is the level of a washing machine). The special shape of the train, more reminiscent of an airplane without wings, made it possible to achieve these indicators. Eight carriages can accommodate 494 passengers.

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Another Chinese railway record holder has been transporting passengers from Shanghai Pudong Airport to Long Yang Road MRT Station in the city center since 2004. This distance is 30 km, and the train covers it in 7 or 8 minutes (depending on the time of day). Thus, the speed of the Shanghai Maglev Train is 431 km/h. However, this is not the limit, since the train is able to accelerate to 500 km/h.

The train was developed for Chinese railways by the German company Siemens. Shanghai Maglev moves and is controlled by the force of an electromagnetic field. This is a magnetic levitation train. The train rises above the track and literally flies, levitating 15 cm from the track. Such trains are braked due to the force of aerodynamic drag.

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The Japanese railway miracle is called “bullet trains” all over the world. The release of the first 210 km/h train from the Shinkansen series was timed to coincide with the opening of the Summer Olympic Games held in Tokyo in 1964. Time passed, and the country's industry rising sun did not stand still. For mainline trains of the Shinkansen system, new lines with a gauge of 1,435 mm were laid, replacing the narrow gauge lines previously common in Japan. There are also special platforms for the new high-speed trains.

Today, Shinkansen trains reach speeds of up to 450 km/h, while they move almost silently. This became possible thanks to the vibration reduction technology used. The trains are also equipped with a safety system that automatically stops the train a few seconds before the earthquake starts.

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The absolute record holder for speed among modern trains. Refers to the JR-Maglev maglev train system. Its peculiarity is that the trains do not touch the rails when moving and there is no friction force. In 2003, during the first test on a 40-kilometer track, the MLX01 train, consisting of three cars, reached a speed of 581 km/h. For comparison: the cruising speed of the three-engine Yak-40 aircraft, designed for flights up to 820 km, is 510 km/h.

In 2015, the Japanese broke their own record. The latest modification of the Maglev train was able to accelerate to 603 km/h. And this is not the limit...

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February 13, 2016 There is no common understanding of the term “best” in relation to passenger trains in the world, since comfort, speed, cost of travel, and a number of other factors are important for passengers. Therefore, railway companies and train designers work according to different directions– increase speed, improve comfort, achieve reduction in energy consumption and transportation costs. We will tell you what was done in these directions in last years in Russia.

Peregrine Falcon

The most famous high-speed electric train in Russia today, it even has its own Twitter account and LiveJournal blog. The Sapsan project was developed specifically for Russia by the German company Siemens.

The Sapsan departed on its first, loudly advertised commercial flight from Moscow to St. Petersburg on December 17, 2009, and now runs on the Moscow - St. Petersburg (five trains per day) and Moscow - St. Petersburg lines. Nizhny Novgorod(two trains per day). The electric train is capable of reaching speeds of up to 300 km/h, but on Russian roads its maximum speed is 250 km/h, on the section Malaya Vishera– Okulovka (Mstinsky Bridge), and the main part of the route “Sapsan” moves at a speed of 200 km/hour. The number of carriages in the train is 10, the number of seats is 592.

The cost of travel on the Sapsan on the Moscow – St. Petersburg line in economy class is from 2320 rubles (one way) and in business class from 4200 rubles, on the Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod line from 1080 rubles in economy class and from 4650 rubles in business class.

Allegro

This high-speed train, well known to St. Petersburg residents, can be considered, at best, half Russian. The Allegro train runs between St. Petersburg and the capital of Finland, Helsinki, and is jointly operated by Russian Railways and the Finnish company Suomen Valtion Rautatiet. The project developer and manufacturer is the Finnish company Alstom.

On the territory of Finland the train moves at a speed of 220 km/h, on the territory of Russia - at a speed of 200 km/h; the railway infrastructure no longer allows it. Distance from our northern capital The high-speed train “Allegro” travels to the capital of the Country Suomi in 3 hours 50 minutes, with stops in the border Vyborg and some Finnish cities - Vainikkala, Lahti, Pasila and others.

The number of cars in the Allegro train is 7, the number of seats is 352, plus 2 seats for disabled people. The basic fare is 84 euros in a second class carriage and 104 euros in a first class carriage.

ES "Swallow"

This high-speed electric train runs in Krasnodar region, can rightfully be considered “the most expensive electric train in Russia.” “Swallow” is one of the most ambitious and costly projects related to the 2014 Olympics. To implement it, Russian Railways signed a contract with the German company Siemens in 2009, according to which the company must supply 54 Siemens Desiro Rus electric trains to Russia in the amount of 410 million euros. And in 2013, Russian Railways entered into a new contract with Siemens for technical and service maintenance of trains for 40 years, worth 500 million euros. By the way, the letters ES in the name of the train mean “Electrosiemens”.

Each “Swallow” has five carriages. Seating - 409; There are also 4 seats for passengers with disabilities, and a toilet room. When there is a large passenger flow, for example on the Adler – Tuapse route, two coupled trains of 10 cars are sent on the route.

And if it weren’t for the rude controllers of Russian Railways and the carriages packed to capacity with passengers, these electric trains could easily be called one of the most comfortable types of transport in Russia. During the summer months, despite high season and crowds of tourists, trains rarely run on the Tuapse-Sochi-Olympic Park route, which is why most passengers have to stand for hours in unsuitable aisles. It looks something like in the Moscow metro cars at rush hour, but unlike the metro, the Swallow salons with narrow passages are not at all suitable for standing passengers.

In its homeland, Spain, this high-speed train is called Talgo 250. True, the train is Spanish, from the company Patentes Talgo S.L. The train only has carriages; it is planned to use domestic locomotives - EP20. From June 1, 2015, Swifts will operate on the route Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod. From the capital, with stops in Dzerzhinsk and Vladimir, the train will travel to Nizhny Novgorod for 3 hours 45 minutes.

The number of cars in the Strizh train is from 7 to 11. There are 299 in the 11-car train passenger seats, in a standard 8-car train - 236 seats. The cost of travel in a carriage with standard sedentary places– 1150 rubles, in a luxury class car – 7570 rubles.

Since 2013, train No. 103 with double-decker cars produced at the Tver Carriage Plant has been running on the Moscow-Adler route. This type of carriage (compartment) has 64 berths instead of the usual 36, and the SV-class carriage has 32 berths (instead of 18 in the usual version). Such “densification” should lead to cheaper tickets, but so far nothing of the kind has been observed. A place in a compartment to Adler in a double-decker carriage costs 7,540 rubles, in a single-decker - 7,140 rubles. From June 1, 2015, a passenger train with double-decker cars No. 5/6 will run on the most popular route Moscow - St. Petersburg, the cost of a compartment ticket to St. Petersburg is 2,670 rubles.

Overall we have to say – “the best” passenger trains Russia is by no means the best, because it is not the fastest, not the most comfortable and not quite “ours”. Of all the loudly promoted Russian Railways projects listed above, only double-decker carriages are produced in Russia, but the trains that are formed from them are ordinary, except that the passengers in them had to “make room” a little and “fork out” extra money. There was also the long-suffering “Falcon-250” that never took off….

"Falcon-250"

About sixty Russian enterprises and organizations took part in the creation of a prototype domestic model of a high-speed dual-power electric train (DC and AC) “Sokol-250”. It was assumed that the new train would be able to reach speeds of up to 350 km/h. During the acceptance tests of the Sokol-250 prototype in June 2001, a speed of 236 km/h was achieved for the first time - a record for Russian railways at that time. However, the acceptance committee recognized the commissioning of the Sokol as impossible due to many design flaws - overheating of the brake discs, unreliability of the braking system, insufficient tightness of the cars, etc. Several cars from the Sokol-250 experimental train are located on the sidings of the Central Museum October Railway.

Hundreds of years have passed since the invention of the railway. Railway transport has overcome a long evolutionary path of development from hand-pulled massive trolleys to modern super-high-speed express trains operating on the principle of magnetic levitation, which have already become commonplace in many countries around the world. This selection will feature the fastest trains that can reach speeds of at least 300 km per hour.

11th place. HSL 1 (High-Speed ​​Line 1)- speed 300 km/h
HSL 1 is a Belgian high-speed electric train of the TGV series (Train à Grande Vitesse - "high-speed train" in French), whose operating speed is 300 km/h, runs on a high-speed railway line connecting Brussels with the French railway line LGV Nord. It was put into operation in December 1997.

10th place. - speed 300 - 315 km/h
THSR 700T is a high-speed train on the island of Taiwan, developed based on Japanese Shinkansen trains. The train, which has a maximum operating speed of 300 km/h, connects northern Taipei and southern Kaohsiung. It consists of 12 comfortable carriages and can accommodate 989 passengers. The speed record for this train was set in 2005 and is 315 km/h.

9th place. - speed 320 km/h
ICE are high-speed trains common in Germany and neighboring countries. On the Strasbourg-Paris line, InterCity Express reaches speeds of up to 320 km/h. Today ICEs are the main type of trains traveling on long distances, from all represented by German Railways. These trains are also supplied to Russia, where they are used on the Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow - St. Petersburg high-speed railway lines.

8th place. - speed 300 - 334.7 km/h
Eurostar or British Rail Class 373 is a British high-speed electric train of the TVG series, running between the UK, Belgium and France through the English Channel Tunnel, which is the second longest railway tunnel in the world. The train's capacity is 900 passengers, its operating speed reaches 300 km/h, and the speed record for this train was set in 2003 and is equal to 334.7 km/h. The journey from London to Paris by Eurostar takes 2 hours 16 minutes.

7th place. - speed 305 - 352 km/h
Sancheon, formerly known as KTX II, entered service in South Korea in 2009. It was built by Hyundai Rotem based on technology from French TGV trains and is owned by Korail, the national rail operator South Korea. Although it can reach speeds of up to 352 km/h (the record was set in 2004), for safety reasons it does not go faster than 305 km/h. The comfortable train with a capacity of 363 passengers operates on the route Yongsan - Gwangju - Mokpo and Seoul - Busan.

6th place. - speed 300 - 362 km/h
For the ETR-500 electric train, released in Italy in 1993, the operating speed reaches 300 km/h, and the speed record was set in 2009 in the tunnel between Bologna and Florence and is 362 km/h. The train covers the distance from the center of Bologna to Milan in 56 minutes. The release of six ETR-1000 trains is planned for 2014, which will reach speeds from 360 to 400 km/h.

5th place. - speed 330 - 365 km/h
AVE (Alta Velocidad Española) is a trademark of the Spanish Railways operator Renfe-Operador. The abbreviation is also a play on the word "bird" (ave) in Spanish. All AVE class trains are high-speed, but the electric train AVE Talgo-350 with a capacity of 318 passengers, accelerating up to 330 km/h on the routes Madrid - Valladolid and Madrid - Barcelona, ​​is especially fast. In 2004, during testing, the train reached a speed of 365 km/h. Because of appearance, similar to a duck's beak, the AVE Talgo-350 was nicknamed Pato (duck in Spanish).

4th place. - speed 380 - 486.1 km/h
The Chinese train CRH380A is designed for a maximum operating speed of 380 km/h, while the speed record for such a train is 486.1 km/h. The production of these iron monsters is carried out by the largest railway manufacturer in China - CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock Company. The high-speed 8-car train with an “airplane-style” interior can accommodate 494 passengers. In September 2010, the CRH-380A was put into service for the first time on the Shanghai - Nanjing route. It later began operating daily flights on the Wuhan-Guangzhou and Shanghai-Hangzhou lines.

3rd place. - speed 431 - 501 km/h
The Shanghai Maglev is a Chinese high-speed maglev train that has been operating in Shanghai since 2004. The maximum speed of the express train is 431 km/h, which allows you to cover the distance from the city center to the airport (30 km) in just 7-8 minutes. In a test run on November 12, 2003, this train reached a speed of 501 km/h. The developers of the train are not the Chinese, but the Germans. The prototype of the Shanghai Maglev Train was the Transrapid SMT model.

2nd place. - speed 320 - 574.8 km/h

These French TVG series trains operate between France and Switzerland and between France and Germany. Operating speed - 320 km/h. At the same time, the TGV POS model holds the speed record among rail trains - in 2007, this train was able to accelerate to 574.8 km per hour.

1 place. Shinkansen series trains- speed 320 - 581 km/h
Shinkansen (Shinkansen - "new line" in Japanese) is a network of Japanese high-speed trains, often called "bullet" trains, and for good reason - the Shinkansen speed record for conventional railway lines is 443 km/h (the record was set in 1996 ), A maglev 581 km/h, which is an absolute world record for trains(the record was set in 2003). The first high-speed train in Japan went into operation in 1964. Today, Shinkansen express trains, consisting of sixteen cars, cover the distance between Osaka and Tokyo in 2 hours and 25 minutes. The train has a peculiar elongated nose, thanks to which it received the nickname “platypus”. By the way, Shinkansen trains have the status of not only one of the fastest trains, but also the safest - in 40 years of operation there has not been a single major accident.

Since the early 19th century, trains have always been considered a fine example of human engineering and ingenuity. Their invention encouraged people to develop even more innovative technologies and spread the industrial revolution throughout to the globe. Nowadays, trains have become one of the fastest ways to travel on earth and continue to improve every day.

1. Eurostar e320

Traveling at a speed of 320 km/h, the e320 Eurostar connects the cities of London, Paris and Brussels, and also passes under the English Channel. Although these trains are manufactured by the German company Siemans Velaro, Eurostar is actually an international joint project between France, the United Kingdom and Belgium.

2. KTX-Sancheon

Released in 2009, the South Korean train was the culmination of more than a decade of research and was the second commercial high-speed train developed in Korea. Initially, it could reach a top speed of 350 km/h; later, after a major accident, its speed was limited to 300 km/h due to safety concerns.

3. Talgo 350

Originally built to connect the Spanish cities of Madrid and Barcelona, ​​the Talgo 350 can reach a top speed of 365 km/h. Locals They nicknamed it “Pato” (duck) because of the specific shape of the front of the train.

4. Zefiro 380

Manufactured by Canadian aerospace and transportation firm Bombardier, the Zefiro 380 train can reach an operating speed of 380 km/h. In the near future, the first batch of trains will hit the rails in Chinese city Qingdao.

5. Shinkansen Bullet Trains

Japan's Shinkansen bullet trains, the E5 and E6 series, can reach speeds approaching 400 km/h. These trains are also well known for their ability to maintain high speeds without compromising the comfort and safety of passengers.

6. Frecciarossa 1000

The train, called the Red Arrow, is the fastest in Italy. It can reach speeds of up to 400 km/h and is one of the most environmentally friendly high-speed trains in the world, with minimal CO2 emissions and built from almost 100% recyclable materials.

7. Velaro E

Designed by Siemens Velaro, the train, which is owned by Spanish railway company RENFE, can reach a top speed of 404 km/h. It holds the national record for the fastest train speed in Spain.

8. ICE V

Originally known as the Intercity Experimental, the ICE V train was a government-funded research project that explored the feasibility of high-speed rail service in Germany. In 1988 he established new record speed for rail vehicles - 407 km/h.

9. Aerotrain I80

Built by French engineer Jean Bertin, the Aerotrain I80 was a jet-powered hovercraft that set the world speed record for land-based hovercraft (430 km/h) in 1974. The train was never used commercially due to a lack of funding and the death of Jean Bertenant in 1977. However, it laid the foundation for maglev trains that appeared in subsequent years.

10. CRH380A

This high speed train entered service at the end of 2010 and is the only Chinese production locomotive that was not based on foreign designs or technology. Its top speed is 486 km/h, but after a severe collision in 2011, its operating speed was limited to 300 km/h.

11. Shanghai Maglev Train

The world's first commercial magnetic levitation train, the Shanghai Maglev Train hit the rails in 2004 and was the first train developed by the German company Transrapid. SMT can reach speeds of up to 500 km/h and connects the outskirts of Shanghai with international airport Pudong.

12. Transrapid 09

The latest and most advanced Maglev train, developed by German manufacturers Transrapid, is designed to travel at a cruising speed of around 500 km/h. It can also accelerate and decelerate much faster than other high-speed trains.

13. TGV POS

In 2007, a modified TGV POS set a world speed record for a conventional vehicle, reaching a speed of 575 km/h. The train was modified to only use two power machines as well big wheels. Therefore, the actual speed of the train that runs between France and Switzerland is limited maximum speed 320 km/h.

14. JR-Maglev MLX01

Reaching a shocking speed of 585 km/h on a 40 km test track in Yamanashi, Japan's experimental maglev MLX01 set a new speed record for maglev railway rolling stock in 2003. It held this achievement for twelve years until the record was broken by another Japanese Maglev in 2015, reaching a speed of 603 km/h.

15. SCMaglev L0 Series

With a peak speed of 603 km/h, this Japanese maglev train is a world record holder. Soon such trains are planned to be launched on the route between Tokyo and Osaka.