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World Speed Survey 1997

By and Colin Taylor1997-10-01T07:38:00

JAPAN's railways have wrested back the record for the world's fastest scheduled passenger trains, which they first won in 1965 but lost to France in 1983 following the launch of TGV services between Paris and Lyon.

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