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<b>1. Japan</b></div>
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Train: JR-Maglev MLX01<br />
Speed: 361 mph<br />
Capacity: Experimental</div>
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Japan is the world leader when it comes to high-speed trains, opening 
the world’s first modern high-speed rail in 1964. The Japanese first 
made a breakthrough in the field when they introduced the first series 
of the Tokaido Shinkansen “bullet trains,” which could reach a top speed
 of 130 mph. The early bullet trains carried more than 100 million 
passengers in just the first three years. Today, the trains are still 
operating on the world’s busiest rail line, carrying 378,000 passengers a
 day. Maglev trains have also been developed in Japan since the 1970s. 
The government has approved plans for a $112.4 billion project to build a
 Maglev train line between Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka, with a completion 
date of 2027. These planned high-speed trains are expected to cut the 
current travel time between Tokyo and Osaka from two hours and 18 
minutes on the Shinkansen to just over an hour. Currently, the 
experimental JR-Maglev MLXO1 is considered the world’s fastest train, 
with a top speed of 361 mph in a test run in 2003.</div>
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<b>2. France</b></div>
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Train: TGV V150<br />
Speed: 357 mph<br />
Capacity: Experimental</div>
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France sped ahead of the rest of Europe in the race to build the first fully functioning high-speed rail network.<br />
The first Alstom developed TGV trains hit the tracks in 1981, with 
service between Paris and Lyon. Since then, the network has expanded to 
service 150 destinations within France and neighboring countries. 
Limited to a speed of up to 200 mph during normal service, the 
experimental TGV V150 hit a record speed of 357 mph in 2007—making it 
the second fastest train in the world. TGV’s high-speed technology is 
used in national trains in many European countries including the U.K., 
Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. Last month, French train maker 
Alstom signed a preliminary deal to build a high-speed rail line in Iraq
 linking the cities of Baghdad and Basra.</div>
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<b>3. China</b></div>
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Train: CRH380AL<br />
Speed: 302 mph<br />
Capacity: 600 passengers</div>
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China has the world’s longest high-speed rail network with more than 6,000 miles of routes in service.<br />
It also boasts the longest high-speed rail route, with the opening of 
its Beijing-Shanghai line earlier this month. The 819-mile route was 
made using 60 million cubic meters of concrete, twice the amount used in
 the Three Gorges Dam. While the CRH380AL trains operate at a speed of 
186 mph, the train hit a record speed of 302 mph in a test run. China’s 
first high-speed line, which opened in 2007, saw 40.6 million passengers
 travel on it in just the first two years. The government hopes to 
stretch China’s rapidly growing high-speed network to 28,000 miles by 
the end of 2015.</div>
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<b>4. Germany</b></div>
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Train: Transrapid TR-07<br />
Speed: 270.3 mph<br />
Capacity: Experimental</div>
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Germany is a nation that has been at the forefront of high-speed rail 
technology. It’s home to Siemens, the world’s largest manufacturer of 
high-speed trains. German companies Siemens and ThyssenKrupp have 
developed the Transrapid system, high-speed monorail trains operating on
 magnetic levitation (Maglev) technology, that can reach speeds of 311 
mph. In 2004, the Shanghai Maglev train in China was the first 
commercial Transrapid train to carry passengers, hitting speeds of 267 
mph. Although the magnetic levitation trains are developed in Germany, 
they have never been used commercially in the country. The technology 
has faced several setbacks, including high costs and a crash that killed
 25 people during a test run in 2006. Instead, the InterCityExpress 
(ICE) system has been adopted nationwide since 1991. These high-speed 
trains hit speeds of 199 mph and connect German cities with cities in 
Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands. An ICE train disaster
 near the German village of Eschede in 1998 is considered the world’s 
deadliest high-speed rail accident, leading to the deaths of 101 people.</div>
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<b>5. Spain</b></div>
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Train: AVE Class 103<br />
Speed: 251 mph<br />
Capacity: 404 passengers</div>
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Spain has the longest high-speed rail network in Europe, with 3,433 
miles of tracks. With six high-speed train lines and several under 
construction, the Spanish government aims to have 90 percent of its 
population within 31 miles of a high-speed station by 2020. The 
country’s fastest trains are the AVE series, which is manufactured by 
several train makers, including Siemens, Alstom and Bombardier. The 
Siemens-made AVE Class 103 train began commercial service in 2007, and 
hit a record speed of 251 mph during a test run between Madrid and 
Zaragoza. The maximum top speed for commercial trains in Spain is 
limited to 186 mph for passenger safety. The euro-zone debt crisis and 
Portugal’s austerity plan have halted a major expansion plan, which 
would have linked Spain’s capital Madrid with Lisbon in Portugal. The 
high-speed train link would have cut travel time between the two cities 
to two hours and 45 minutes instead of the current nine hours.</div>
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<b>6. Italy</b></div>
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Train: ETR 500 Frecciarossa<br />
Top Speed: 225 mph<br />
Capacity: 590 passengers</div>
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One of the early pioneers of European high-speed rail technology, Italy 
is home to Europe’s first high-speed train line. The Florence-Rome 
high-speed line made history when more than half of its entire 
length—the first 86 miles from Rome to Citta della Pieve—opened in 1977.
 Trains on the track reached a maximum speed of 160 mph. Since then, the
 country’s high-speed rail network has grown substantially, with 
high-speed lines reaching as far north as Torino to as far south as 
Napoli. The Italian-made ETR 500 is the fastest train series in the 
country, with its ETR 500 Y1 model hitting speeds of up to 225 mph in 
2009 on a trip between Florence and Bologna. Not everyone is happy with 
the progress, however. Earlier this month, more than 200 people were 
injured in a rally against the construction of a planned 36-mile tunnel 
in the northern Susa valley that would cut three hours off the current 
seven-hour train journey between Paris and Milan. Protesters say the 
high-speed line will ruin the area and its construction could release 
harmful chemicals.</div>
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<b>7. United Kingdom</b></div>
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Train: Eurostar 3313/14<br />
Top Speed: 208 mph<br />
Capacity: 750 passengers</div>
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The Eurostar has changed the way Western Europeans travel. Since it 
began operations in 1994, the London-based high-speed rail network 
connects England with cities in France and Belgium via an underground 
tunnel in the English Channel, often referred to as the “Chunnel.” With 
27 trains and links to more than 100 destinations across Europe, the 
network marked its 100 millionth passenger in August 2009. The rail line
 carries passengers at speeds of up to 186 mph. The Eurostar 3313/14 
broke a British rail record set in 1979 by reaching speeds of 208 mph in
 2003. The rail network was recently taken to court by French 
train-maker Alstom over its decision to give a $600 million contract for
 10 new trains to German builder Siemens. However, a U.K. court rejected
 the application to have the contract suspended. Alstom is the world’s 
second biggest train maker and the supplier of all existing Eurostar 
trains.</div>
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<b>8. South Korea</b></div>
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Train: KTX-I<br />
Top Speed: 190 mph<br />
Capacity: 965</div>
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South Korea’s high-speed rail network, known as Korea Train eXpress 
(KTX), carries more than 100,000 passengers a day on its two lines. In 
April 2010, a record 178,584 people used the country’s high-speed rail 
network. After 12 years of construction, the first high-speed line was 
opened in 2004, slashing travel time from the capital Seoul to the port 
city of Busan to two hours and 40 minutes, half the time it took 
previously. The travel time between the two cities was reduced by a 
further 22 minutes when a second line was opened.<br />
The impact of high-speed rail has been felt by the domestic airline 
industry, which has seen its capacity shrink by more than 30 percent 
between 2003 and 2007. Although the introduction of low-cost air 
carriers in the country has helped demand for air travel grow again, 
passenger levels are still below what they used to be before high-speed 
rail was introduced.</div>
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<b>9. Taiwan</b></div>
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Train: THSR 700T<br />
Top Speed: 186 mph<br />
Capacity: 989 passengers</div>
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Taiwan’s high-speed rail project, which cost a total of $18 billion, is 
one the world’s largest privately funded rail construction plans. The 
country’s THSR 700T trains have cut travel time from 4.5 hours to 90 
minutes on the 214-mile route from the northern capital of Taipei to the
 southern city of Kaohsiung. The 30 high-speed trains, which began 
operations in 2007, are based on the Japanese 700 Series Shinkansen 
“bullet train” model. A record 36.9 million passengers rode the trains 
in 2010, a 14 percent increase from the year before. The country’s 
high-speed rail system has been making headlines recently after the 
government said the network might not last more than 10 years because of
 sinking land caused by the overuse of groundwater. Last month, the 
government said it would cap deep groundwater wells that threaten the 
structural base of the high-speed system.</div>
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<b>10. Russia</b></div>
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Train: Siemens Velaro RUS<br />
Top Speed: 175 mph<br />
Capacity: 600 passengers</div>
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Russia’s fastest high-speed train runs on the Moscow-St. Petersburg 
line, and made its debut in December 2009. The German-built Velaro RUS 
trains, also known as the Sapsan, have cut the travel time for the 
401-mile route from eight hours to three hours and 45 minutes. The 
10-car passenger trains operate at a maximum speed of 155 mph, but hit a
 speed record of 175 mph during trials in 2009. The eight high-speed 
trains are worth nearly $1 billion. Russia is eager to expand its 
high-speed rail network ahead of hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The 
country has invited foreign investors to bid on development contracts 
for new lines that will link its cities.<br />
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Here we compiled a list of the countries with world’s fastest trains 
based on the maximum speed measured in miles per hour (mph). We’ve 
included record speeds hit during trial runs on electric and magnetic 
levitation (Maglev) trains, as well as those of experimental models. The
 numbers are based on a series of publicly available reports, as well as
 information from organizations such as the Railway Gazette 
International and the Center for Asia Pacific Aviation.</div>
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World’s Top 10 Countries With Fastest Trains

1. Japan Train: JR-Maglev MLX01 Speed: 361 mph Capacity: Experimental Japan is the world leader when it comes to high-speed tra...